Category :News This Week

Tobacco control advocates in Southeast Asia are calling for tougher rules to ban cigarette-company contributions and sponsorships, according to a story in The Philippine Star. The director of the Southeast Asian Tobacco Control Alliance, Bunon Read More

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co says that it has transformed its non-corporate website intended to inform adult tobacco consumers, retailers and wholesalers about tobacco tax issues. The site, www.transformtobacco.com, has added a new Read More

The managers of Reynolds American Inc. and its operating companies are due to discuss the companies’ performance and plans during presentations to the investment community on Nov. 18. The presentations will be webcast in listen-only mode Read More

The Jakarta city administration is to target students and low-income residents in a new anti-smoking campaign funded by cigarette tax revenue, according to a story in The Jakarta Post. Starting from next year, the city Read More

Levels of tobacco use by young people in the UAE were described as shocking on Monday after a new study had found that more than one in five boys aged 13 to 15 was a smoker, according Read More

The Ministry of Health and Welfare says that women in their 20s and men in their 30s are the least health-conscious Koreans, according to a story in the Korea Joongang Daily. The ministry’s concerns Read More

Imperial Tobacco’s stick-equivalent volume sales during the year to the end of September, at 317 billion, were down by 7 percent on those of the year to the end of September 2012. Stick-equivalent sales include sales of Read More

The Philippines’ Bureau of Customs last week seized a shipment of counterfeit cigarettes from China worth PHP18 million, according to a story in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The fake Marlboro cigarettes, which had been declared Read More

Imperial Tobacco is due to publish its preliminary results for the year to the end of September on Nov. 5. A live webcast and the slides of the presentation to analysts and investors will be available Read More

Andrew Stanikowski will step down in March as CEO of International Tobacco Machinery Poland after leading the company for 22 years. He will continue in a nonexecutive role. Stanikowski was instrumental in the creation of ITM Read More