Philip Morris International is due to host at www.pmi.com/webcasts a live audio webcast of a presentation and question-and-answer session by its CFO Jacek Olczak at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Read More
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November 11, 2015
Finance ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states approved imposing a 100 percent selective tax on tobacco and related products equal to customs duties of these products, according to the Bahrain News Agency. The decision Read More
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November 11, 2015
The Indonesian government has announced an average increase in tobacco excise taxes of 11.19 percent, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2016. “The highest tax increase of 12.96 to 16.47 percent will be applicable to machine-rolled cigarettes, and the Read More
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November 11, 2015
The average price paid this year to flue-cured tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh, India, was about 20 percent down on that paid last year, according to a story in the latest issue of the BBM Bommidala Read More
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November 11, 2015
The average leaf tobacco (all types) grower price for Japan’s 2016 harvest has been set at a lower level than that of 2015 despite the sole buyer’s having announced a week ago that its profits Read More
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A US public health expert has issued a robust and detailed criticism of the information publicly available about the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed deeming regulations, as they apply to electronic cigarettes. In his Read More
Staff Writer
November 9, 2015
22nd Century Group, a leader in tobacco harm reduction, announced Nov. 9 that the company and its former CEO and founder, Joseph Pandolfino, have settled all litigation and disputes between the parties. “As the founder of 22Read More
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AHL Group of Companies, Malawi’s sole tobacco and other commodities dealing company, has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to consider reversing its decision to allow tobacco multinationals to grow tobacco, according Read More
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November 9, 2015
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) is urging the US Congress to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, which, if passed, could not be used by the tobacco industry to launch legal challenges against Read More
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Japan Tobacco Inc.’s domestic cigarette sales volume during the nine months to the end of September, at 81.3 billion, was down by 3.1 percent on that of the January-September period of 2014, 83.9 billion. In announcing its consolidated Read More
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