Category :News This Week

Indonesian Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi has said that her country will accede to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) before the end of this year, according to a story by Read More

The U.K. smokers’ group Forest has urged the government to reject calls to ban smoking in cars with children. According to new figures released by the British Lung Foundation (BLF), in England alone about 185,000 Read More

In the U.S., children as young as 12 are allowed to work on tobacco farms, performing backbreaking labor and putting their health and lives at risk, according to a story by Gabriel Thompson and Mariya Read More

Alliance One International says that Joel L. Thomas, currently vice president, treasurer, is being promoted to the role of executive vice president, CFO, from Jan. 1. Thomas will take over from Robert A. Sheets, who is Read More

NDC Infrared Engineering has appointed Teruo Horino (pictured) sales manager, Japan, for its web gauging and metals systems. “Horino-san brings many years of experience in industrial measurement and control systems across a wide range of Read More

Imperial Tobacco employees in the Philippines are helping to support the relief efforts being made following the devastation caused by typhoon Haiyan, which struck the country on Nov. 8. Volunteers from Imperial’s subsidiary, the Philippine Read More

The e-cigarette manufacturer Gamucci plans to open what is believed will be the world’s first e-cigarette vaping zone at an airport: at Terminal 4, London, Heathrow. The Gamucci Electronic Cigarette Zone, which is due to Read More

The prevalence of smoking in China tends to fudge the contribution of air pollution to the growing incidence of respiratory disease in the country, according to a story in the South China Morning Post. Two Read More

The in-house design department of Essentra Packaging has been named Design Team of the Year at the U.K. Packaging Awards. The company was also highly commended in the Packaging Company of the Year category, Read More

A city council member in Berkeley, California, USA, is calling for a tobacco smoking ban in some single-family homes, according to a story by Carolyn Jones for the San Francisco Chronicle. Councilman Jesse Arreguin said Read More