Poland’s cigarette market decline slowed last year as an absence of tax hikes and an increase in consumer purchasing power combined to make tobacco products more affordable.Read More
Although there is mounting evidence that electronic cigarettes are useful tobacco-smoking quit aids, or perhaps because of this, the EU’s finance ministers are seeking to apply excise tax to these products.Read More
Negotiations on an EU-Canada trade deal have ended, but some MEPs are threatening to oppose it because of ISDS provisions that are said to favor corporations. Read More
Myanmar is to require that graphic health warnings are included on tobacco packs from September 1, but the easily-available Chinese black market cigarettes are unlikely to comply.Read More
Nerudia and Broughton Laboratories are partnering to support customers in complying with the requirements of the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), which comes into effect on May 20.Read More
Vaping is providing a boost to the number of people in England who are quitting smoking long-term, and the number of quitters could be increased further if electronic cigarettes were incorporated into specialist smoking cessation Read More
Malaysia’s plan to require tobacco packaging to be sold in standardized packaging seems unlikely to settle the debate over the efficacy of this policy, but it is widening it.Read More
The Danish parliament is likely to close the shutters on a proposal by the Social Democratic Party that cigarette displays in kiosks and stores should be banned.Read More
The Thailand Tobacco Monopoly will launch a new, cheaper cigarette brand to keep smokers from rolling their own or buying illicit tobacco products due to higher prices from a recently imposed tax hike.Read More
PMI has signed a three-year Greek oriental leaf purchase deal under which the government has committed to policies aimed at making such tobacco competitive on international markets.Read More
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