Belgium’s Public Health Minister Maggie De Block is scheduled to introduce legislation that would legalize the sale of electronic cigarettes to people aged 16 and above, according to an Expatica.com story relayed by the Read More
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The National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco (NCACT) is asking the government of New Brunswick, Canada, to use next week’s budget to increase action against the province’s growing contraband tobacco problem. “Illegal cigarettes are Read More
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South Korea’s cigarette imports increased last year after contracting for four straight years despite the government’s having hiked tobacco taxes in an effort to discourage smoking, according to a Yonhap News Agency report Read More
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Imperial Tobacco is due to hold its Annual General Meeting on February 3. A presentation script and slides will be made available on its website after the event.Read More
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Tobacco makers and importers may have to disclose all the ingredients in cigarettes as part of South Korea’s effort to control the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, reports The Korea Times. In a policy Read More
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January 27, 2016
The Marbach Group, a global leader in die-cutting technology, has invested more than €5 million ($5.44 million) over the past two years into a new building and production equipment for its rotary die cutting tools. After expanding Read More
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January 27, 2016
The charity Cancer Research UK is calling on the government to make the tobacco industry contribute towards tobacco control through a levy of 1p on every cigarette sold in the country. Earlier this month, a Read More
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Zambia is expected this season to produce a tobacco crop reduced from that of 2014/15, 27,000 tonnes, according to a story in The Times of Zambia. Production is expected to be down significantly in the Eastern Province. Read More
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January 27, 2016
Uruguayan storeowners believe that recent tobacco-product tax increases are aimed more at boosting government revenue than at reducing the number of smokers, according to a Latin American Herald Tribune story quoting the ‘trade association head’ Read More
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January 27, 2016
Myanmar’s parliament has passed a new tax law for the coming fiscal year that, according to a story in The Myanmar Times, includes ‘a dizzying array of tax brackets for locally made cigarettes’. If Read More
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