Category :News This Week

Philip Morris International is due to host a live audio webcast at www.pmi.com/webcasts of CFO Jacek Olczak’s remarks and question-and-answer session at the Barclays Back-To-School Consumer Conference, starting about 10.30 hours Eastern Read More

The World Health Organization conceded in a report released yesterday that ‘experts’ suggest that electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) could have a role to play in helping some smokers quit their habit. But overall, the Read More

China’s top legislature has begun reviewing a draft amendment that would extend the country’s current tobacco advertising restrictions, according to a China Daily story. ‘Tobacco advertisements directly or indirectly transmitted via radio, film, Read More

Andrew Gray has been appointed group marketing director at British American Tobacco, effective September 1. Gray, who is currently regional director, EEMEA (Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa), has been with the company for 27 years and Read More

The Altria Companies Employee Community Fund (ACECF) has awarded $3.1 million in grants to 142 non-profit organizations based in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Illinois and Kentucky. ‘The fund is the only employee-managed workplace-giving program that is publicly reported Read More

Medical professionals should support but not promote using e-cigarettes as cessation devices, according to recently released statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). E-cigarettes should also be subject to the same laws that apply to Read More

The vaper organization, European Vapers United Network (EVUN), has added its voice to the growing call for the World Health Organization to be guided by the principle of risk reduction when considering electronic cigarettes. According Read More

India’s national government is considering raising the legal age for tobacco use from18 to 25, according to a story in the latest issue of the BBM Bommidala Group newsletter. The Minister of Health, Harsh Vardhan, Read More

Cigarette sales have dropped dramatically in Spain during the past five years, according to an El Pais story quoting Finance Ministry and cigarette industry figures. More than 90 billion cigarettes were sold legally in Spain half Read More

South Korea has recorded a tobacco-trade surplus every year since 2004, and that surplus looks set to increase this year, according to a story by The Hankyoreh Media Co. This is despite the fact that the Read More