Category :News This Week

EU plans to put graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and ban vending machines are opposed by the Dutch health minister, Edith Schippers, according to an Expatica.com story quoting an RTL news report. The Read More

The Malaysian government is considering whether it should make tobacco manufacturers print ‘Smoking is hazardous to health’ on every cigarette they produce, according to a story in The Star. This and other new provisions are Read More

India’s Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has promised to establish a committee to examine the concerns expressed by members of the Smokeless Tobacco Association about the gutkha prohibitions introduced in 14 states, according to a Read More

The Association of Restaurant Owners in Lebanon has threatened to hold a sit-in protest tomorrow to pressure the government to relax the smoking ban in enclosed public places, according to a Daily Star story relayed Read More

A review of the 2012 TFWA (Tax Free World Association) World Exhibition is being made available during the first half of November at tfwa.com. The exhibition was held atCannes,France, on October 21-26. The review, Read More

Cigarette companies in Malaysia are being asked to help former tobacco growers in the state of Kelantan repair their homes and provide a clean supply of water, according to a Malaysian National News Agency story. Read More

Leaf tobacco production in China’s Yunnan Province is expected this year to reach 1.1205 million tons, an increase of 92,100 tons on last year’s figure, according to a Tobacco China Online story. By October 20, 1.08705 million Read More

Chinese electronic cigarette company, Innokin Technologies, has relocated its headquarters and production facility from HengChangRong Industrial Park in Shenzhen to XinXianTian Industrial Park, also in Shenzhe, according to a PR Newswire story relayed by the Read More

Manju Pillai, director (auctions) at the Tobacco Board of India, has said that Karnataka’s flue-cured production during the 2012-13 season is expected to be about 100 million kg, down from 127 million kg during 2011-12 because Read More

Malawi’s Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has expressed optimism that the forthcoming tobacco growing season will see production increased and foreign exchange earnings boosted, according to a story by Kingsley Jassi for the Daily Times. Read More