Category :News This Week

With the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan midway over, shops in Oman’s capital, Muscat, are experiencing a drop in cigarette sales of up to 45 percent, according to a story in the Oman Observer. And Read More

FirstUnion says it has used new battery materials and a different internal structure to develop a more economical, longer-lasting, disposable e-cigarette that yields high puff counts, “immense vapor” and a fresher taste using a safer Read More

Reynolds American (RAI) and Lorillard have confirmed that they are in discussions about a possible acquisition of Lorillard by RAI. The confirmations followed a statement by Imperial Tobacco—in response to U.K. disclosure obligations—Read More

The former EU health commissioner, John Dalli, is seeking €1.9 million in material damages from the EU after what he alleges was his forced resignation from the European Commission in October 2012, according to a story in Read More

Kuwait’s Ministry of Health is considering whether it should ask the government to increase taxes on tobacco products and cancel subsidized sugar from the monthly rations of its citizens, according to a Kuwait News Read More

Although an excise-duty increase on cigarettes by the Nepalese government has been described as “nominal”; it is nonetheless expected to have an impact on the tobacco trade in the long term, according to a Republica Read More

Employees from across Imperial have been helping to support those affected by the severe floods in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia. The heaviest downpours for 120 years saw communities flooded and thousands of people left homeless and Read More

Imperial Tobacco has confirmed that it is in discussions with Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) and Lorillard about the possible acquisition of certain brands and assets owned by RAI and Lorillard. Imperial’s statement supports speculation Read More

Anti-tobacco activists in China have called for Beijing’s proposed smoking control legislation to be more tightly defined, according to an Ecns.cn story. The legislation, which is currently under review, is scheduled to take Read More