Imperial Tobacco employees based in Bristol recently gave something back to the company’s local community when they joined thousands of other people across the UK in taking part in Give & Gain Day. The Read More
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May 22, 2013
ITC of India reported a net profit of INR19.28 billion ($350.3 million) in the quarter ending March 31, up 19.45 percent from the comparable quarter last year. The company’s non-tobacco FMCG business contributed a net profit of Read More
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May 22, 2013
A joint declaration adopted May 17th by Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian agriculture ministers criticizes the European Commission’s draft Tobacco Products Directive, especially the proposed ban on slim and menthol cigarettes, reports Read More
Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
The Industrial Promotion Board (IPB) in Nepal announced an indefinite moratorium on the registration of new gutka manufacturing units after figures from the Inland Revenue Department showed only 150 of 455 registered gutka factories pay taxes, reports Read More
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May 22, 2013
Eastern Co.has signed a five-year cooperation agreement with British American Tobacco, reports Tegaranet. Under the deal, Eastern will produce Viceroy cigarettes in Egypt, while BAT will carry out the marketing and distribution. The deal Read More
Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
Tobacco factories feature prominently on a list of leading Russian exporters recently published by Expert Severo-Zapad. According to the business magazine, British American Tobacco in St. Petersburg leads the pack with export revenues of $91.9 million Read More
Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
The Pan African Tobacco Group recently broke ground for a $20 million tobacco processing factory in Arua, Uganda. The new facility, which includes a 30,000 square meter warehouse, will have a production capacity of 10 tons per hour. “Read More
Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
A University of Canterbury (UC) health sciences researcher has called for New Zealand’s public places to be declared smoke-free, according to a Voxy story. As well as the more usual places targeted: bus stops, Read More
Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
Universal Corporation has announced net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, at $132.8 million, or $4.66 per diluted share, compared with the previous year’s net income of $92.1 million, or $3.25 per diluted share. For the fourth Read More
Staff Writer
May 22, 2013
Anti-tobacco activists in Indonesia have mounted a sticker pasting campaign in an attempt to raise awareness of regulations banning smoking on public transport, according to a piece posted on Beritajakarta.com. The campaign, which was Read More
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