A new study on mentholated cigarette consumption in the U.S. has found an increase in menthol cigarette smoking among young adults, according to a Science Daily story. The study is said to conclude that Read More
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September 4, 2013
KT&G was due today to put on sale in South Korea the latest version of its This brand of cigarettes, This Africa, according to a story in The Korea Herald. This Africa’s Read More
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September 3, 2013
Marvin Wellons Coghill Jr., who was instrumental in the development of Standard Commercial Tobacco Co., passed away Aug. 18, 2013, at the Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, after several months of illness. Coghill was born Read More
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September 3, 2013
Mitchell Zeller, director of the Center for Tobacco Products at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said recently that his organization knew that young people who started smoking did so disproportionately with menthol cigarettes. Read More
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September 3, 2013
South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) seems to be preparing to file lawsuits against cigarette manufacturers to seek compensation for the cost of treating smoking-related diseases, according to a story in The Korea Read More
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September 3, 2013
The Bulgarian manufacturer King’s Tobacco is one of 45 companies that will be exhibiting for the first time or returning after a break at the TFWA World Exhibition 2013. In all, 470 exhibitors taking up 21,000 square meters Read More
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September 3, 2013
Jakarta’s provincial government says it is considering increasing cigarette taxes in an effort to reduce cigarette smoking among Jakartans. The plan, contained in a draft bylaw, has apparently been put before the Jakarta parliament Read More
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September 3, 2013
The electronic cigarette manufacturer and distributor Gamucci has appointed Peter Jordan (pictured) as CFO. Jordan has more than 20 years’ experience in senior financial, commercial and management roles, the majority in the tobacco industry with Rothmans Read More
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September 2, 2013
Cancer researchers in Tampa, Florida, USA, have created an online survey to learn more about why smokers choose e-cigarettes, according to a Tampa Bay Online story. The Moffitt Cancer Center researchers, in collaboration with those Read More
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September 2, 2013
CTBAT International Ltd., a Hong Kong-incorporated joint investment of subsidiaries of China National Tobacco Corp. and British American Tobacco, “recently” started “official business operations,” according to a note posted on BAT’s website. The joint Read More
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