President Robert Mugabe has warned farmers that tobacco production will be banned in Zimbabwe if they continue to cut down trees to provide fuel for curing their crops, according to a story on NewZimbabwe.com. Read More
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April 23, 2014
If Denmark’s health minister, Nick Hækkerup, has his way, parliament will “soon” be taking action to curb the increasing use of e-cigarettes in the country, according to a Copenhagen Post story. “It concerns Read More
Staff Writer
April 23, 2014
A new anti-tobacco law that is expected to be issued “soon” will grant judicial powers to some anti-smoking volunteers to detect and report violations of the law, according to a story in The Peninsula quoting Read More
Staff Writer
April 23, 2014
The European Commission has warned that it might refer to the European Court of Justice Hungarian legislation that runs counter to an EU directive regulating tobacco trade. In Hungary, tax rates are included on tobacco Read More
Staff Writer
April 22, 2014
Philip Morris International’s cigarette shipment volume during the first quarter of 2014, at 195.961 billion, was down by 4.4 percent on that of the first quarter of last year, 204.947 billion, though, excluding the unfavorable impact of estimated Read More
Staff Writer
April 22, 2014
As part of its cost-cutting plans, Imperial Tobacco intends to “offload” its research center in Bergerac, France, according to a story in Le Figaro. Imperial said last week that it was proposing to close its Read More
Staff Writer
April 22, 2014
MPs in Uganda have queried why tobacco farmers look poor while tobacco companies look rich, according to a story by John Odyek for The New Vision. The MPs were apparently attending a meeting at the Read More
Staff Writer
April 22, 2014
Imperial Tobacco Australia is helping to fund a pioneering scheme to recycle cigarette butts. The business is partnering with recycling firm Terracycle to encourage people over the age of 18 to sign up to its Cigarette Read More
Staff Writer
April 17, 2014
Universal Corp. said yesterday that it had entered the fruit and vegetable food ingredients market through its new subsidiary, Carolina Innovative Food Ingredients (CIFI). “The new business will utilize advanced technology to produce high-quality, food-grade Read More
Staff Writer
April 17, 2014
In a hard-hitting blog published yesterday, Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, has shone a little light into some of the murky corners Read More
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