The U.S.-based Citizens’ Commission to Protect the Truth is urging Lorillard, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Philip Morris USA immediately to stop marketing and selling menthol cigarettes, according to a PR Newswire story. Read More
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March 7, 2014
Some state lawmakers in Washington, USA, want to levy a 75 percent tax on e-cigarettes, according to a story by Annaliese Davis for the Bellingham Herald. Sponsored by Seattle Rep. Reuven Carlyle, a Democrat, H.B. 2795 Read More
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March 7, 2014
The ousting of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich could have an impact on the battle against standardized tobacco packaging, according to a Reuters story. In March 2012, Ukraine launched a case at the World Trade Organization to Read More
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March 7, 2014
The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is due to meet in Moscow on Oct. 13-18, according to Convention News. The Read More
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March 6, 2014
An anti-smoking activist and community-health specialist has urged the Hong Kong government to ban tobacco smoking in cars and homes so as to protect children’s health, according to a story by Emily Tsang for Read More
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March 6, 2014
Smoking tobacco will be banned outside of designated areas in Taiwan’s national parks and scenic areas from the start of next month, according to a story on Focus Taiwan News Channel. Not all parks Read More
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March 6, 2014
Figures published last week by France’s national drugs watchdog showed that the number of cigarettes sold in France fell by 7.6 percent last year, according to a Naharnet story. Sales of hand-rolling tobacco continued to Read More
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March 6, 2014
Excessive rain has hit Cuba’s leaf tobacco harvest, with the important growing districts of San Juan y Martínez and San Luis being severely affected, according to a story by Ivet González for Read More
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March 6, 2014
More than 1,000 retailers have gone behind the scenes at one of Imperial Tobacco’s factories during the past 18 months as part of a trade partner initiative in France. The latest event took place at the Read More
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March 5, 2014
All tobacco companies operating in Zimbabwe’s Hurungwe district will be required from the next tobacco growing season to sign with Hurungwe Rural District Council (HRDC) a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regulating their operations, according Read More
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