Three EU countries have lodged objections to Ireland’s standardized tobacco packaging proposals put forward by Dr. James Reilly when he was Minister for Health, according to a story in The Irish Times. Portugal, Bulgaria Read More
Staff Writer
August 7, 2014
Testing in Japan of this year’s domestic crop of flue-cured Virginia tobacco has been completed, and none of the leaf tested exceeded the Japan Tobacco Inc. standard value of radioactive cesium: 100Bq/kg. JT Read More
Staff Writer
August 7, 2014
Photo: Taco Tuinstra Hail & Cotton International Group (HCIG) has hired Michael de la Fargue as president and CEO. De la Fargue brings more than 20 years of relevant tobacco leaf experience, having most recently Read More
Staff Writer
August 6, 2014
Alliance One International made a net loss of $18.6 million during its first quarter to the end of June, a smaller net loss than was recorded during the first quarter to the end of June 2013, $36.9 million. Read More
Staff Writer
August 6, 2014
The Kisan Board of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, has rejected a price of Rs150 per kg for leaf tobacco and threatened to stop growing the crop if farmers are not paid Rs200 per kg, according to a Read More
Staff Writer
August 6, 2014
Japan Tobacco Inc. is redesigning its Pianissimo Precia Dia’s Menthol cigarette; an all-new version of which is due to be rolled out nationwide in Japan from mid-September. In announcing its plans, JT said that Read More
Staff Writer
August 6, 2014
The American Snuff Company (ASC) has been awarded the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s (TDEC) highest award for sustainable business practices, the Tennessee Green Star Partnership Three-Star Certification. ASC, an indirect subsidiary of Read More
Staff Writer
August 6, 2014
Universal Corporation’s board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.51 per share on the company’s common shares, payable on November 10 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 14. In Read More
Staff Writer
August 5, 2014
A series of pickets against multinational tobacco companies were staged yesterday in a number of Russian cities stretching from the south to the northwest of the country, according to an ITAR-TASS story. The picketers seemed Read More
Staff Writer
August 5, 2014
Andhra Pradesh, the volume leader in flue-cured tobacco production in India, is also the top state in prosecutions relating to violations of anti-tobacco laws. According to an Indian Television report, between April 2012 and September 2013, 71,705 people Read More
Recent Posts
- Robert Kennedy, Jr. Tapped to Lead Trump’s HHS
- Sweden Achieves ‘Smoke Free’ Status
- 22nd Century Net Loss Widens
- Net Sales up at Scandinavian Tobacco
- UKVIA Forum Kicks Off Nov. 15
- Sophisticated Illegal Factory Dismantled in Spain
- Quartz and PCA Launch Dubai Cigar Show
- Stakeholders Mark Start of Brazilian Tobacco Harvest
- Universal Reports Preliminary Results
- Study: Online Retailers Fail to Comply With Rules
- Pyxus International Posts ‘Solid’ Quarter
- Illicit Trade Hurts PTC’s Sales
- Juul Labs Appoints MD
- ‘Switchers’ See Improved Respiratory Health
- Ispire Net Loss Widens to $5.6 Million