Category :News This Week

Zimbabwe’s flue-cured production has surpassed 210 million kg for the first time in 14 years, according to a story in NewsDay. The last time output surpassed 210 million kg was in 2000 when it reached 227,726,000 kg. By July 15, Read More

The Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, has steeply increased excise taxes on cigarettes as part of the 2014 Budget, prompting warnings about a rise in illicit trade, according to a number of stories in the latest Read More

Smoking rates and cigarette consumption dropped dramatically in Turkey between 2008 and 2012/13, but tobacco tax revenue doubled, according to a story in the Daily Sabah quoting government figures. The introduction of a ban on smoking in Read More

Commenting in Forbes on the recently announced proposed takeover of Lorillard by Reynolds American, Daniel Fisher said the deal would join the No.2 and No.3 US tobacco companies under the control of British American Tobacco, Read More

Reynolds American is due to host a conference call and webcast from 09.00 hours Eastern Time on July 29 following the release of its second-quarter 2014 financial results before the market opens on that day. The conference call, Read More

Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) will acquire Lorillard for $27.4 billion. To help ease antitrust scrutiny that the deal may face, Imperial Tobacco has agreed to purchase the Kool, Salem, Winston, Maverick and Blu Ecigs brands for $7.1 Read More

The organizers of the recently held Global Forum on Nicotine have announced that they will stage another such event in a year’s time. The second Global Forum on Nicotine is scheduled to take place Read More

A position statement on e-cigarettes issued last week by a group of international lung health organizations has been strongly criticized by a leading U.S. health expert. “Experts from the world’s leading lung organizations Read More

The European Commission on Thursday referred Denmark to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) for not banning all forms of snus. With the exception of Sweden, the sale of snus is prohibited throughout the EU. Read More