Category :News This Week

One in every 10 cigarettes consumed in the EU during 2013 was illicit, according to a new KPMG study carried out on behalf of British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International. Thirty-three Read More

KT&G has launched on the South Korean market a capsule-filter cigarette that delivers two flavors, according to a story in The Korea Herald quoting a company announcement on Monday. Raison Sun Presso is Read More

Indian Health Minister Dr. Harsha Vardhan is proposing a tax hike of INR3.5 per stick on cigarettes of all lengths and the removal of tax exemptions for bidi manufacturers as part of the new government’Read More

Quitting smoking in the Philippines might soon become more expensive and, therefore, more difficult because the authorities there are considering the imposition of higher taxes on e-cigarettes, according to a story in the Philippine Daily Read More

The Indian Health Ministry is considering a plan to lift the minimum age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 25, according to a story in the most recent issue of the BBM Bommidala Group newsletter. Health Read More

The Philippines’ Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has suggested setting a minimum price for all cigarettes sold in the country “to ensure a level playing field” and discourage more people from taking up smoking, according Read More

Imperial Tobacco is to launch in South Korea a new version of Davidoff, according to a story in The Korea Herald. The product will be launched through KT&G, with which Imperial has had Read More

Many Hong Kong women take to cigarettes because of stress, according to a story in The Standard, quoting the Council on Smoking and Health. And 60 percent of them don’t even think about quitting. According Read More