Category :News This Week

The Irish government has been asked to appoint a regulator who would limit the profits of the tobacco industry and, in doing so, generate around €150m a year for the exchequer, according to a story Read More

The Sri Lankan Health Ministry says the government suffers an annual loss of Rs4 billion due to non-communicable diseases caused by smoking and that the ministry is committed to reducing the habit, according to a Read More

A research review by scientists at British American Tobacco suggests that the regulatory functions and inherent stability of microRNAs make them suitable biomarker candidates for early detection of the molecular and genetic changes associated with Read More

Filtrona Filter Products has implemented a global machine strategy to optimise its machine technologies through upgrades and investment in new state-of-the-art machinery. The global strategy has been introduced following a comprehensive analysis of market trends Read More

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has donated US$25,000 to Thanh Nien News’ medical program to provide 650 cataract operations for underprivileged elderly people in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta of Vietnam, according to a Vietnam News story. Read More

Imperial Tobacco says that it has taken on 30 graduates – its biggest such intake to date –as part of a strategy to invest in its ‘talent pipeline’. ‘The newcomers on our 2012 Graduate Programme will gain experience Read More

Rafaelis Cigars, of Los Angeles, California, is offering to Donate $5 to the American Red Cross for every box of cigars it sells. The money will go towards aid for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Rafaelis Read More

Australia’s Greens have blasted theNew South Wales government for investing almost $30 million in the tobacco industry, according to an Australian Associated Press story. The Greens say the state should come clean on all of Read More

The Indian government has yet to approve a proposal recommended by the Tobacco Board under which flue-cured production would be phased out on 4,500 acres, according to a story in the Hindu. A board official was Read More