The board of directors of Philip Morris International yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.94 per common share, payable on April 11 to shareholders of record as of March 27. The ex-dividend date is March 25. At the Read More
Staff Writer
March 11, 2014
KT&G’s manufacturing plant at Sintanjin, north of Daejeon, is now the world’s biggest manufacturer of slim cigarettes, according to the Korea Joongang Daily quoting company sources. An expansion of the production Read More
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March 11, 2014
A police crackdown on public-places tobacco smoking in a major Chinese city on Saturday resulted in just 37 people being fined, according to an Ecns.cn report quoting the Guangzhou Daily. The raids came exactly a Read More
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March 11, 2014
In an effort to help curb the sale of illicit cigarettes, Taiwan’s government is planning to introduce a registration system for cigarette vendors around the country, according to a story in the Taipei Times. Read More
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March 11, 2014
Imperial Tobacco has been recognized by the Top Employers Institute as one of the best companies to work for in Italy. “Their comprehensive analysis highlighted our ‘exceptional employee conditions,’ especially the way our HR leadership Read More
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March 11, 2014
British American Tobacco Philippines (BATP) is expecting to enjoy a strong double-digit growth in its operations this year, largely due to robust sales of its low-cost brand, Pall Mall, and the more expensive, menthol-capsule-filtered Lucky Read More
Staff Writer
March 10, 2014
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has no plans to ratify the global convention on tobacco control and will not rush to do so, according to a story in the Jakarta Post quoting a senior presidential Read More
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March 10, 2014
The smokers’ group Forest has launched a new website to fight plans to introduce plain tobacco packaging in Ireland. Plain Packs Plain Stupid, which has a sludge-brown background to highlight the dull packaging proposed by Read More
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March 10, 2014
British American Tobacco Kenya (BATK) has estimated that it will this year process nearly 41 percent more leaf tobacco at its plant at Thika, Kenya, than it processed there last year, according to a story in Read More
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March 10, 2014
The Korea Military Academy plans to lift a decades-old ban on drinking, smoking and marrying to reflect social changes, according to a story in The Korea Times. The army has prohibited cadets from drinking, smoking Read More
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