A health group has lashed out Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. (PMFTC) over its plan to manufacture cheaper cigarettes to compete with a local brand, saying this would defeat the purpose of the ‘sin tax’ Read More
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December 18, 2013
Iggesund, whose intricate Christmas cards have become something of a hallmark of Christmas, this year has produced a booklet of seven cards depicting the holiday season internationally. The booklet’s material is Iggesund’s folding Read More
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December 17, 2013
Disagreement over how to regulate electronic cigarettes is holding up a deal on the EU’s revised Tobacco Products Directive, according to a story by Charlie Dunmore for Reuters. In talks aimed at finalizing legislative Read More
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December 17, 2013
R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co is due to showcase its VUSE® digital vapor cigarette to a global audience at the 2014 international Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The CES will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, Read More
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December 17, 2013
Tobacco remains a very important revenue earner for Zimbabwe, but the crop is an environmental menace, according to a story by Jeffrey Gogo for the Zimbabwe Herald. The tobacco production process has involved taking 7.5 million Read More
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December 17, 2013
Legislation requiring that tobacco products are sold in standardized packs in New Zealand will start making its way through parliament in 2014, but won’t pass into law until legal action in Australia has been settled, Read More
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December 16, 2013
Significant amounts of cigarettes are probably produced illegally inside the EU, according to an EU Commission answer to a question posed by MEP Georgios Papanikolaou. In 2010, five illicit factories were discovered and, in 2011, member states Read More
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December 16, 2013
Bulgaria’s parliament has rejected a proposal that the country’s public-places tobacco-smoking ban should be relaxed, according to a Bulgarian News Agency story. MPs last week rejected two bills seeking to amend the Health Read More
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December 16, 2013
The House of Representative’s legislative body (Baleg) in Indonesia has rejected the Health Ministry’s demand that it halt deliberations on a tobacco bill, according to a story in The Jakarta Post. But it Read More
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December 16, 2013
Three Irish senators are due to bring forward a bill banning tobacco companies from lobbying politicians, according to an Irish Mirror Online story. Jillian Van Turnhout, John Crown and Sean Barrett are those pushing the Read More
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