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The number of illicit cigarettes bought in the UK is set to soar, according to a story by Nick Goodway for The Independent. Goodway reported that, during a shopping trip around north-west London, representatives of Read More

Japan Tobacco Inc. said today that it had entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Al Nakhla Tobacco Company S.A.E. and Al Nakhla Tobacco Company – Free Zone S.Read More

Increasing China’s cigarette tax by Yuan1 per pack could help reduce consumption by three billion packs a year, reduce the number of smokers by 3.42 million and generate additional government revenue of Yuan129 billion annually, Read More

The Thai Tobacco Trade Association (TTTA), which represents about 1,300 retailers, wholesalers and distributors acrossThailand, has called on the Ministry of Public Health to abandon plans for further anti-tobacco measures, according to a story in the Read More

Japan Tobacco Inc’s domestic cigarette sales volume during October, at 10.0 billion, was up by 4.2 per cent on its October 2011 volume, 9.6 billion, which itself was increased by 160.4 per cent on that of October 2010, according to Read More

Names are being gathered on an on-line petition calling for the Obama administration to inform the public that nicotine is a dangerous drug with no medical value, and to re-classify it as a controlled substance. Read More

Thirty of the 50 largest cities in the US are now ‘smoke-free’, according to a HealthDay story quoting the findings of a new report. The 60 per cent of large cities that are tobacco smoke-free have laws Read More

The Canadian Cancer Society has relegated Bangladeshto 97th position among 198 countries in introducing graphic health warnings on tobacco packs, according to a story in the New Age. The society announced the ranking on Wednesday at Read More

Tobacco growers in the West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia say that low demand and declining prices for flue-cured are threatening their livelihoods, according to a story in The Jakarta Post. The farmers, who are Read More

Japan’s 2013 leaf tobacco crop will be grown on 9,245 ha, down by 134 ha or 1.4 per cent on that of this year. The flue-cured production area will be 5,926 ha, down by 51 ha or 0.8 per cent; the Read More