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Next year, Hauni plans to launch Prolab, a cigarette making line designed for the tobacco industry’s R&D departments. Tobacco companies spend considerable amounts of time and money on developing new products. Sooner Read More
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The bans on various oral tobacco-containing products, such as gutkha, which have now spread to at least 11 Indian states, are likely to be ‘positive’ for cigarette companies, according to a story in The Times of Read More
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Prince Edward Island’s courts could be the next battleground forCanada’s tobacco companies after the provincial government filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for health care costs associated with alleged tobacco-related disease, according to a Read More
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Imperial Tobacco says that its business inAustraliais helping to tackle youth smoking with an initiative to remind retailers of the rules that are in place to avoid underage sales. In a note posted on its Read More
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