Kazakhstan will start requiring pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs from July, according to Azhar Tulegaliyeva, director of the Medical Care Organization Department. The country will be the first nation in the Commonwealth of Independent Read More
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At a meeting with the filmmaker on April 17, the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare agreed to consider the possibility of replacing the current anti-smoking disclaimers played in movie theaters with more creative ones, Read More
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The illegal cigarette trade in the EU reached a new record high for the sixth year in a row, according to a KPMG report commissioned by Philip Morris International. The study showed the illegal cigarette Read More
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Provisions in the proposed EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), including standardized packaging and a ban on menthol and slim cigarettes, have the potential to push consumer downtrading and fuel illegal trade, according to a study Read More
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British American Tobacco will double its purchases of Philippine tobacco as it plans to invest more than $50 million in the country this year, reports The Manila Bulletin. James Lafferty, general manager of BAT Philippines, said Read More
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May 1, 2013
Alison Cooper, CEO of Imperial Tobacco, said cigarette and tobacco sales in Germany were “excellent,” despite the EU’s economic weakness, which hit the British multinational’s half-year profits. “We are growing cigarette share, we Read More
Staff Writer
May 1, 2013
Expext a hike in the price of cigarettes if local authorities support moves to increase taxation on cigarettes in the Pacific Islands, where a high percentage of deaths are related to diseases caused by non-communicable Read More
Staff Writer
May 1, 2013
Less than one year after establishing its Center of Excellence for Tobacco Products, the Microbac Laboratories Wilson (NC) Division received its tobacco products import license from the Alcohol, Tobacco Taxation Board (TTB). The laboratory has Read More
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Swedish Match’s sales increased by 2 percent to SEK2.98 billion ($460 million) during the first quarter of fiscal 2013. In local currencies, sales for the first quarter increased by 5 percent. Operating profit from product areas for the Read More
Staff Writer
April 30, 2013
Imperial Tobacco, the world’s fourth-largest cigarette group by market share, said it had set up a venture to develop e-cigarettes, as it battles an increasingly tough consumer environment in Europe. The company said Fontem Read More
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