Category :News This Week

Tobacco companies in Germany have warned of massive job cuts should the EU force companies to place larger health warnings on cigarette packs, according to a Handelsblatt story. The works councils of Philip Morris, British Read More

A proposal to reduce the prevalence of smoking in Ireland from the current 22 percent of the population to less than 5 percent by 2025 has been published by the Minister for Health, James Reilly, according to a Read More

Poland’s cabinet has approved a 5 percent increase in excise tax on tobacco products from next year, according to a Market Insider story quoting a budget-related bill for 2014 adopted last week. Poland is looking to Read More

The South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai has said that it will replace cigarette lighter sockets with USB power points in its passenger cars made for the domestic market, according to a story for the U.Read More

Tobacco products in Bulgaria will have new excise stamps from Jan. 1, 2014, according to a Bulgarian News Agency story quoting Finance Ministry sources. The change is part of efforts being made to fight the trade in Read More

Some household air-fresheners are more toxic than tobacco smoke, according to a Euro Weekly News story quoting Spain’s Consumer and User Organization (OCU). The OCU says that some household air-fresheners that are heated, including Read More

The number of male smokers in Uzbekistan has decreased from 30 percent in 2002 to 22 percent today, according to a story by Maksim Yeniseyev for CentralAsiaOnline.com, quoting figures from the World Health Organization. Only 3 percent of Read More

U.S.-based 22nd Century Group, which is developing very low nicotine cigarettes, has signed a $7 million research license agreement with British American Tobacco, according to a story by David Robinson for Buffalo News. The Read More

Philip Morris Thailand (PMT) vowed yesterday to “vigorously defend itself” against Thai tax evasion allegations, according to a story in the Bangkok Post. Newly appointed attorney general, Athapol Yaisawang, said the indictment had been launched Read More

The U.S. faces several unresolved public policy crises including a federal government shutdown, and yet officials are trying to create a problem where none exists, according to the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (Read More