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Estonian Minister of Justice Hanno Pevkur has said that a new bill that would make it illegal for pregnant women to engage in behaviors they know to be damaging to the fetus would not necessarily Read More

Despite the passage of the sin tax law, the prices of cigarettes in the Philippines remain among the lowest in Southeast Asia, an antismoking group said on Monday. A story in the Philippine Daily Inquirer Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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