Category :News This Week

Questions have been raised in the European Parliament about the closure of Imperial Tobacco facilities in France. In a preamble to his questions, French member of the European Parliament Patrick Le Hyaric said Seita had Read More

Renata Becse and Franz Rappl have been appointed, respectively, process coordinator and administrator, and blending and DIET manager at Leaf NewCo. Earlier this year, Leaf NewCo officially opened a factory in Hungary offering expanded tobacco Read More

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of the Interior has asked the Control and Investigation Bureau (CIB) in Makkah to start cracking down on cafés in Jeddah disregarding the ban on smoking shisha and other tobacco Read More

A 78-year-old man has been sentenced in Singapore to a year in jail and a $217,000 fine after pleading guilty to possessing untaxed cigarettes, according to an AsiaOne story. The man, along with others, was caught Read More

Bahrain could soon charge 100 percent import duty on all tobacco products, according to a Trade Arabia story quoting a report in the Akhbar Al Khaleej newspaper. A proposal to amend the current anti-tobacco law is Read More

Swedish Match’s sales during the three months to the end of March, at SEK3,014 million, were up by 1.1 percent on those of the three months to the end of March 2013, SEK2,982 million. Operating profit Read More

Household spending on cigarettes fell in South Korea for the eighth consecutive year in 2013, but more money was spent on alcohol, according to a Yonhap News Agency story. A household comprising two people or more Read More

E-cigarettes have enjoyed massive growth in the U.S. during the past two years, with sales increasing from $283 million in 2012 to $537 million in 2013, according to new research by Mintel. In 2013, the market for e-cigarettes was Read More

Banning cigarette filters is one of a number of policies recently put forward by U.S.-based researchers as a way of reducing or eliminating the environmental problems caused by carelessly discarded butts. Such a Read More

ECMA, the European Carton Manufacturers’ Association, and Pro Carton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard Manufacturers, are due to hold their first joint congress Sept. 17–20 in Sorrento, Italy. A note on the Pro Carton Read More