Japan Tobacco Inc. is to relaunch two Winston products in Japan in the Winston XS format, which, it says, offers a smoother, finer flavor with a subtly sweet aftertaste, while maintaining the distinctive and balanced Read More
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June 11, 2014
Imperial Tobacco said yesterday that it intended to float its European logistics division, Logista, on the Spanish stock market, according to a story by Paul Sandle for Reuters. Imperial said its indirectly wholly owned subsidiary Read More
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June 11, 2014
The board of directors of Philip Morris International today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.94 per common share, payable on July 11 to shareholders of record as of June 26. The ex-dividend date is June 24.Read More
Staff Writer
June 10, 2014
An Australian independent senator is pushing for the introduction of minimum pricing for cigarettes to counter British American Tobacco’s launch of what is said to be the lowest priced licit cigarette on the market Read More
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June 10, 2014
U.K. campaigners against the standardized packaging of tobacco today launched an online campaign against the policy. The No, Prime Minister campaign was created by the smokers’ group Forest, which runs the Hands Off Our Read More
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June 10, 2014
Bhutan has amended for the second time the Tobacco Control Act it introduced in 2010, but the ban on the distribution and sale of tobacco products remains in force, according to a Kuensel Online story. The Read More
Staff Writer
June 10, 2014
Health professionals and tobacco control experts in China have called for tobacco advertising to be outlawed “fully,” according to a story in the People’s Daily. They are concerned that a draft amendment to the Read More
Staff Writer
June 9, 2014
Goodrich Tobacco Co., a subsidiary of 22nd Century Group, has signed a letter of intent with Orion, a cigarette manufacturer in Poland, to contract manufacture the company’s proprietary tobacco products to be distributed in Read More
Staff Writer
June 9, 2014
FlexLink has opened a sales and engineering facility in Johannesburg, South Africa, to support customers in the Sub-Sahara region. In addition to selling and engineering of new installations, the new unit will provide aftermarket support Read More
Staff Writer
June 9, 2014
Hauni Maschinenbau has opened an office in Cape Town, South Africa, to support customers throughout Africa. The office will be housed on the premises of Reitech, which provided support services for Hauni’s Sub-Saharan customers Read More
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