The average price paid for flue-cured tobacco during the first 35 days of auctions in Karnataka, India, at Rs138.00 per kg, was about 17 percent higher than the average price paid during the corresponding period of last Read More
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November 25, 2015
The US Food and Drug Administration allows up to 13 ‘fragments’ of rodent excreta in a 24-ounce container of cornmeal, according to a Yahoo! Health story quoting the FDA’s Defect Levels Handbook. It allows also Read More
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November 24, 2015
Australia’s shadow treasurer Chris Bowen has said that the Labor party is ‘keenly aware’ that its proposal to push the price of cigarettes to $40 a pack by 2020 would hurt the poor, according to a Read More
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November 24, 2015
The number of Zimbabwean farmers who have registered so far this year to grow tobacco is down by more than 20 percent on the number who had signed up by the same point of last year’Read More
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November 23, 2015
Philip Morris Pakistan (PMPK) is laying off 141 employees from its purchasing and processing departments but says that it is committed to continuing to operate in Pakistan, according to a story in The Nation. PMPK, formerly Read More
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November 23, 2015
Japan Tobacco Inc has said that it will launch in mid-December a cigarette that will provide the ‘ultimate smoking experience’. In a note posted on its website, the company said that ‘fastidious attention’ had been Read More
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November 20, 2015
R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. is launching Vuse Connect Solo power units in the United States on Nov. 24. The units feature Bluetooth low-energy technology that enables adult tobacco consumers to pair the device with a Read More
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November 20, 2015
The doors to the Dutch government have been closed against the tobacco industry and its lobbyists, according to an anti-tobacco lobby group, the Framework Convention Alliance. In a note posted on its website, the alliance Read More
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November 20, 2015
British American Tobacco is due next week to test a hybrid product that uses tobacco and e-cigarette technology, according to a Reuters News story. The product, called iFuse, will be sold in a European market Read More
Staff Writer
November 19, 2015
Officers from the public order agency of Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 18 removed several cigarette billboards in the Mampang Prapatan district in South Jakarta whose permits had expired. The billboard removal operation was lead by district Read More
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