Iggesund Paperboard expects that its new sheeting and warehousing facilities in Taiwan will be operational by the end of this month. The new facilities are aimed at enhancing Iggesund’s distribution service in Asia, with Read More
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July 21, 2015
The French Health Minister, Marisol Touraine, yesterday hosted in Paris ‘a world without tobacco’ conference attended by ministers from nine other countries, according to an Agence France Presse story relayed by the TMA. Touraine and Read More
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The government of the Indian state of Punjab has constituted an empowered committee to carry forward its crusade against tobacco and ensure implementation of India’s Tobacco Control Act across the state, according to a Read More
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July 21, 2015
Protesting against a bill that would require all cigarettes in France to be sold in standardized packaging from May next year, tobacconists in the Midi-Pyrénées and Corrèze regions recently covered speed cameras Read More
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July 21, 2015
Nepal’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has removed its officials from cigarette factories and authorized tobacco companies to make declarations about their own inputs and outputs, according to a Republica story. Ram Mani Dawadi, deputy Read More
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July 21, 2015
The early bird registration deadline for CORESTA’s Joint Study Group Meetings has been set at July 31, according to a note issued by the organization’s Secretariat. The Smoke Science and Product Technology (SSPT15) meeting Read More
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July 20, 2015
Borgwaldt Flavor has received the DIN EN ISO 22000:2005 certificate for the production of flavors and ingredients for the food and luxury food industry from the SGS United Kingdom Ltd. Systems & Services Certification. Andreas Briel, Read More
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July 20, 2015
Japan Tobacco International is aiming to invest more than US$300 million to establish a production plant at Tainan, Taiwan, but the project is meeting with opposition, according to a Want China Times story. The Times Read More
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July 20, 2015
The European Commission has opened two separate ‘in-depth’ investigations to examine further whether two recent Hungarian tax measures with steeply progressive rate structures are in line with EU state aid rules. One measure concerns a Read More
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July 20, 2015
While the overall smoking rate is falling in the US, one group is bucking the trend – young women who opt for ‘very light smoking’, according to a HealthDay News story citing the results of a Read More
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