Category :News This Week

Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is putting pressure on the government immediately to ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), according to a story in The Jakarta Post. Speaking at Read More

The Spanish Treasury is considering taking measures that would prohibit the export sale of cigarettes that are not justified by the demand in the countries of import, according to a Gibraltar Chronicle story. The move, Read More

More and more, people in the U.S. are openly smoking marijuana using electronic cigarettes and vapor pens with little or no fear of being caught, according to a story by Ann Givens and Pei-Sze Read More

Japan Tobacco Inc.’s domestic cigarette sales volume during September, at 9.5 billion, was unchanged from that of September 2012, according to preliminary figures issued by the company today. The September 2012 figure was down by 2.8 percent on Read More

This autumn Iggesund Paperboard is providing environmental training for all the nearly 900 employees at its Iggesund Mill in Sweden. According to a company press note, participants “will receive a half-day orientation in current environmental issues.” “Read More

Swedish Match has revised downward its third-quarter and full-year forecasts for its Other Tobacco Products segment following increased competition on the U.S. cigar market. In a press note dated Oct. 11 and posted on its Read More

Philip Morris International is due to host a live audio webcast at www.pmi.com/webcasts from 9 a.m. Eastern Time on Oct. 17 to discuss 2013 third-quarter results, which will be issued about 7 a.m. on Read More

Lorillard said yesterday that it would release its third-quarter 2013 results on Oct. 23. A results conference call for analysts and investors, which is due to begin at 9 a.m. Eastern Time on the same day, will Read More

The Altria Group is due to host a live audio webcast at altria.com from 9 a.m. Eastern Time on Oct. 24 to discuss its 2013 third-quarter business results. The results will be issued by means of Read More

Imperial Tobacco has been named by graduates as one of the top 10 companies to work for in the U.K.’s FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) sector. The ranking was achieved on the Job Crowd website, Read More