Category :News This Week

Zoom E-Cigs, an indirect subsidiary of the Vector Group, is due to launch Zoom e-cigarettes nationwide in the U.S. from January, according to a Business Wire story. Sales and distribution of Zoom’s first Read More

Gamucci today announced a deal with Tesco that will see Gamucci’s e-cigarettes on sale in about 2,000 Tesco Express Stores and Tesco Filling Stations across the U.K. “This further strengthens Gamucci’s retail footprint Read More

European Commission proposals could leave tobacco smokers within the EU with easy access to tobacco cigarettes but little access to less risky alternatives to these products. According to a story in the European Voice, the Read More

British American Tobacco has said that it is surprised and disappointed by the BMJ group of journals’ recent decision not to consider for publication any scientific studies funded by the tobacco industry. BAT has spent Read More

The city council of Perth has become the first in Western Australia (WA) to ban tobacco smoking in shopping malls, according to an Australian Associated Press story. Initially, those found to be smoking tobacco will Read More

Philip Morris Ltd. has warned the Irish government that the introduction of standardized packaging for cigarettes could lead to “an extremely high price” in compensation being paid to multinational tobacco companies by the taxpayer, according Read More

Cigarettes could be sold in the U.K. only in standardized packs after a government U-turn on a public health policy U-turn. A story in The Guardian said that in a surprise move the government Read More

Imperial Tobacco’s business in Madagascar is providing training aimed at helping its employees stay safe on the country’s roads. The road risk training has been provided for those working at the SACIMEM manufacturing Read More

Indonesia’s House of Representatives plans to press ahead with discussions on a tobacco bill despite the government’s commitment to accede to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), according Read More

Hospitality-sector associations in Kerala, India, are expected soon to encourage their members to display signs indicating that tobacco smoking is not permitted on their premises and to stop people smoking within their establishments, according to Read More