Category :News This Week

British American Tobacco said yesterday that it would invest $200 million in the Philippines during the next five years, according to a story in The Manila Bulletin. The company was reported as saying that, following the Read More

Tobacco companies’ aggressive coupon marketing tactics could reduce the likelihood that current smokers will quit, according to a PRNewswire press note quoting new research published in an article in Tobacco Control. The report is said Read More

Philip Morris USA said yesterday that the Madison County Circuit Court had denied the plaintiffs’ request to reopen the Price ‘Lights’ case. “The trial court correctly recognized that the plaintiffs could not meet their burden Read More

The Altria Group’s board of directors declared yesterday a regular quarterly dividend of $0.44 per common share, payable on January 10 to shareholders of record as of December 26. The ex-dividend date is December 21.Read More

The board of directors of Philip Morris International yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.85 per common share, payable on January 11, to stockholders of record as of December 27. The ex-dividend date is December 24.Read More

Voting 10-9 with no abstentions, senators in the Philippines yesterday ratified a measure restructuring the taxes on tobacco and alcohol products, according to a story in The Philippine Star. The House later followed with its Read More

A company based in Queensland, Australia, is starting to offer stickers for wrapping around cigarette packs, according to a story in Marketing magazine quoting the Gold Coast Bulletin. Box Wrap, a sticker manufacturing company, created Read More

An opportunist capitalising on Australia’s ‘plain-packaging’ laws has stolen $30,000 worth of cigarettes from 14 supermarkets across South Australia and Victoria, according to a News Interactive Network story. On each occasion, the man has posed as Read More

Flue-cured tobacco prices at the continuing auctions in the Indian state of Karnataka have surged by about 10 per cent across all platforms, according to a story in the latest issue of the BBM Bommidala Group Read More

Uttar Pradesh cigarette vendors and the Uttar Pradesh Cigarette Traders’ Association are urging the state government to cut its 50 per cent rate of VAT on cigarettes to bring it in line with neighboring states. The Read More