Zambian tobacco will this year be sold in kwacha instead of U.S. dollars, according to a story in The Times of Zambia. The decision to move to kwacha was made by the government, but Read More
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April 11, 2013
Tanzania Leaf Tobacco Co. (TLTC) has donated 860 books worth TZS5.3 million to a secondary school as part of its policy of partnering with government. The Usisya school is in the Urambo district of Tanzania’s Read More
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April 11, 2013
Reynolds American Inc. is due to host a conference call and webcast following the release of first-quarter 2013 financial results before the market opens on April 23. The company’s president and CEO, Daniel M. Delen, its Read More
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April 10, 2013
D.C. is moving ahead in creating its health exchange—the marketplace for individual and small group insurance plans required under the provisions of President Obama’s health care reform—and the board responsible for Read More
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April 10, 2013
A new Davidoff of Geneva cigar will roll into Vegas for the annual International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association’s (IPCPR) annual trade show to be held on July 13–17. Swiss cigar maker Oettinger Davidoff Read More
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April 10, 2013
Smoking tobacco and/or smoking tobacco mixed with cannabis might lead to worse physical health outcomes than smoking cannabis on its own, according to a San Francisco Chronicle blog quoting an Australian study. Researchers at Read More
Staff Writer
April 10, 2013
A new study has found that behavioral intervention provided to U.S. prison inmates who smoked before going to jail substantially increased their ability to remain smoke-free after release, according to a report by MedPage Read More
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April 10, 2013
Tobacco growers and their families in Vietnam have moved into new homes built for them under an Imperial Tobacco responsibility initiative. Project Symphony is the result of a collaboration between Imperial Tobacco Vietnam, its local Read More
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April 9, 2013
U.K. taxpayers could face a £5 billion ($7.67 billion) bill if ministers insist cigarettes are sold in plain packages. The money would be awarded by courts to tobacco companies in recognition of the fact that the Read More
Staff Writer
April 9, 2013
Thousands of jobs could be lost if plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco products is introduced, according to a story in the South Wales Evening Post, citing a report released and commissioned by Philip Morris Read More
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