Category :News This Week

Imperial Tobacco said today it had rolled out Case Trace technology in four European factories and six markets to enable it better to combat the illicit trade in tobacco products. “A cross-functional project team comprising Read More

The Electronic Cigarettes International Group says that its subsidiary, VIP Electronic Cigarettes, has opened a new flagship retail store within Dublin International Airport’s Terminal 2. According to a Business Wire press note, the Dublin airport Read More

The CECMOL forum 2014 will take place Sept. 2-4 at the Kirin Parkview Hotel in Shenzhen, China on. This is the first major international forum in China dedicated to the vapor market. Experts will discuss issues Read More

ITC is ready to enter the e-cigarette era and is engaging with the government in the hope of developing a policy that would allow the launch of these products on to the Indian market, according Read More

Cigarettes comprised the third most frequently detained specific article at the EU’s borders during 2013, according to the commission’s annual report on customs actions to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR). First place was taken Read More

Reynolds American (RAI) celebrated its 10th anniversary on Friday with a closing bell ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange. Susan M. Cameron, RAI’s president and CEO, joined a group of other company employees Read More

Alliance One International has appointed John R. Heffernan as vice president and treasurer. An AOI press note posted on its website said that Heffernan was bringing to the company more than 25 years of experience in Read More

More than 22,000 Turkish retailers risk losing their licenses to sell cigarettes under an anti-tobacco law being drafted by the government, according to a story in the Hurriyet Daily News. If passed, the proposed law would Read More

Forty percent of U.K. doctors believe that e-cigarettes should be available only from pharmacies, according to a WalesOnline story quoting a recent poll. Thirteen percent of doctors believe the devices should be prescription-only, 16 percent Read More

Japan’s smoking incidence fell below 20 percent in May, according to the Japan Smoking Rate Survey that has been conducted annually by Japan Tobacco Inc. since 1965. The overall incidence of smoking stands at 19.7 percent, down Read More