Yunnanprovince’s application for an increased quota on cigarette production to boost tobacco tax and help with earthquake disaster relief has ignited public criticism inChina, according to a story by Shan Juan for The China Read More
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September 12, 2012
Swedish Match (SM) is giving a new appearance to all of the variants that make up its General brand of snus so as to give them a more uniform design. In a press note posted Read More
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September 12, 2012
InAustralia, young people are smoking less but the nation’s waistline is growing, according to an Associated Press story quoting a new report into health risk factors. The report, released on Tuesday by the Australian Read More
Staff Writer
September 11, 2012
The Danish government is capitulating in the face of EU demands that it bans all forms of snus, according to a story in the Copenhagen Post. Although the sale of pouched snus is banned inDenmark, Read More
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September 11, 2012
South Korea’s cigarettes are the least expensive in the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), while the country’s smoking rate is the group’s second highest, according to a Korea Herald story Read More
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September 11, 2012
Chinese and US health authorities on Friday launched a joint campaign aimed at promoting smoke-free workplaces in China, according to a China Daily story relayed by Tobacco China Online. Established by China’s Ministry of Read More
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September 11, 2012
Imperial Tobacco has introduced a new confidential hotline to enable those connected with its business to raise concerns about possible malpractice. In a note on its website, Imperial said that, as a responsible business, it Read More
Staff Writer
September 10, 2012
Smokers inEnglandare being encouraged to stop smoking for 28 days from October 1, according to a note on the Department of Health’s Media Centre website. The campaign, Stoptober, is based on research showing that ‘those who Read More
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September 10, 2012
Cigarette production inChinaduring the first seven months of this year, at about 1,500 billion, was up by 1.81 per cent on that of the first seven months of 2011, according to a Tobacco China Online story. During July, Read More
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September 10, 2012
Smokers are being banned from lighting up on balconies in a move that could soon be extended to apartments in the Gold Coast region ofQueensland,Australia, according to a story by Jessica Elder for the Read More
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