Category :News This Week

The drive toward global governance and taxation is a disturbing sign of much more to come, according to an editorial in the Washington Post commenting on decisions taken at the recent meeting of the Conference Read More

Anti-smoking advocates and health experts have hailed recent government proposals that aim to cut the number of smokers in Azerbaijan, according to an Azer News story. Few details of the proposals were given, but Musa Read More

The smuggling of cigarettes from Cambodia into Vietnam is on the rise, according to a story in The Cambodia Daily quoting recent Vietnamese media reports. Last week, VietnamNet, an online news site in Vietnam, quoted Read More

Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. (PMFTC) wants the Philippines government to take action against Mighty Corp. after the publication of a report by the Senate Tax Study and Research Office (STSRO) alleging ‘evidence of systematic Read More

Swedish Match’s new vision is: A world without cigarettes. In announcing the company’s third quarter results to the end of September, CEO, Lars Dahlgren, said the availability and accessibility of SM’s high Read More

From next year, Reynolds American and its subsidiaries will launch a no-smoking policy within its facilities, outside of designated smoking areas, according to a story by Richard Craver for the Winston-Salem Journal. Reynolds designated its Read More

Lorillard’s domestic wholesale cigarette shipment volume during the third quarter of this year, at 10,073 million, was down by 1.9 per cent on that of the third quarter of 2013. Full price cigarette volume, at 8,645 million, was Read More

The Vector Group is due to host a conference call and webcast to discuss its third quarter 2014 results starting at 09.00 Eastern Time on October 30. Investors will be able to access the free call on 800-859Read More

As Philip Morris International sues Uruguay over health warnings and restrictions on sub-brands, the country – population 3.4 million – has found itself a test case for big business lawsuits that could hit the EU, according to a Read More

  In South Korea, one in four male high school seniors smokes cigarettes habitually, according to a story in The Korea Times. The Ministry of Education said on Wednesday that 24.5 percent of male high school Read More