Category :News This Week

White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes says that it is taking a major step toward moving its operations to the U.S. by basing production of its e-cigarette cartridges entirely in the U.S. from May 15. The Read More

Philip Morris International is due to host a live audio webcast at www.pmi.com/webcasts of remarks by CFO Jacek Olczak and a question-and-answer session during the Goldman Sachs Global Staples Summit starting about 08.55 Read More

Reynolds American is due to host a webcast of business remarks by president and CEO Susan M. Cameron at the Goldman Sachs Global Staples Summit in New York starting about 10:45 a.m. Eastern Time on Read More

Lorillard’s chairman, president and CEO, Murray S. Kessler, and its CFO, David H. Taylor, are due to participate in the Goldman Sachs Global Staples Summit in New York City from 1:20 p.m. to 1:50 p.Read More

Cuba has accused the U.K. of being anti-capitalist and threatening free trade with its plans to introduce standardized packaging for cigarettes and cigars, according to a story on The Telegraph Online. In a letter Read More

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry plans to push through legislation to drag e-cigarettes under existing laws controlling the sale of tobacco cigarettes, according to a story in The Nation. The move seems to be a Read More

British American Tobacco expects compliance with the new European Commission’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) to cost it between €100 million and €200 million during the next two years as it alters machinery to meet new packaging Read More

Imperial Tobacco is due tomorrow to host a live webcast of the release of its first-half results. The live webcast and the slides of a presentation to analysts and investors will be made available at Read More

Municipal Police in Prague have apparently fined a man dressed as a slice of pizza for smoking a cigarette in a public transportation station, according to a Prague Post story. Smoking is forbidden at metro Read More

China’s customs and tobacco authorities destroyed 375,890 cartons of smuggled cigarettes said to be “worth” CNY22 million (US$3.6 million) in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, on Tuesday, according to a China Radio International report. The cigarettes were Read More