Category :News This Week

The French Senate on Thursday voted to lower the quantity of tobacco that an individual can be in possession of when entering France from another EU country, making the amount equal to that prescribed in Read More

Lorillard said on Friday that it would release its second quarter 2014 results on July 30, before the market opened. A news release would be made available under the Investor Relations section of Lorillard’s website at Read More

Philip Morris International’s cigarette shipment volume during the second quarter to the end of June, at 222,801 million, was down by 2.7 per cent on that of the second quarter of 2013, 228,899 million. Volume was increased in Read More

Turkey, which already bans tobacco smoking in enclosed public places, plans to impose further restrictions on where its citizens may smoke, according to a Daily Sabah story. Existing legislation bans smoking in restaurants and caféRead More

Swedish Match’s sales during the second quarter to the end of June, at SEK3,339 million, were up by four per cent on those of the second quarter of 2013, SEK3,220 million. But operating profit, excluding Read More

A leading US health expert has said that the proposed acquisition of Lorillard by Reynolds American is an indication that the latter is confident the Food and Drug Administration will not be pressured by politicians Read More

Reynolds American’s board of directors yesterday declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of $0.67 per share ($2.68 per share annualized). The dividend is payable on October 1 to shareholders of record on Read More

Conservative candidates in marginal seats, including public health minister, Jane Ellison, risk electoral defeat because of the government’s nanny state policies, according to a new survey* of English voters commissioned by the Democracy Institute, Read More

According to a US Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids story, Australian health officials yesterday reported that Australia’s smoking rate had dropped by more than 15 per cent – from 15.1 per cent in 2010 to 12.8 per cent in 2013 – ‘following Read More

The Indian Health Ministry is considering whether it should ban the sale of single cigarettes, according to a story in the latest issue of the BBM Bommidala newsletter. In fact, such a ‘ban’ might be Read More