Non-menthol versions of a previously exclusively menthol cigarette brand are due to go on sale in Japan next month. Japan Tobacco Inc said today that it planned to launch Pianissimo Precia Temore 6 and Pianissimo Precia Read More
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June 24, 2015
An economist has called on Bangladesh to introduce a tobacco taxation policy that would effectively control the use of tobacco products in the country, according to a story in The Financial Express citing a United Read More
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June 24, 2015
The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has warned tobacco companies that stringent action will be taken if they fail to purchase leaf tobacco as per the agreements they Read More
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June 24, 2015
John M. Hines is to retire from the board of directors of Alliance One International on August 13, the date of the company’s Annual Shareholders Meeting. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would Read More
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June 24, 2015
A group of 27 Imperial Tobacco employees from five countries cycled from Paris France, to the company’s global headquarters in Bristol, the UK, to raise funds for a French charity that helps feed disadvantaged families. Read More
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June 23, 2015
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has amended its 2015-2016 Technical Instruction for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods By Air to prohibit passengers and crew from carrying e-cigarettes and other battery-operated electronic smoking devices Read More
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June 23, 2015
Several popular brands of cigarettes are in short supply in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley due to hoarding and black-marketing by some wholesalers, according to Republica. Some wholesalers have begun to hoard cigarettes following media reports Read More
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June 23, 2015
Hawaii became the first U.S. state to raise the tobacco sale age to 21 when Governor David Ige signed the landmark legislation on June 19. The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2016, is part of the Read More
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June 23, 2015
Two British tobacco policy experts have called on Singapore’s Minister for Health to put on hold its recently-announced bans on electronic cigarettes and low-risk tobacco products. They have called for a policy rethink, starting Read More
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June 23, 2015
Euromonitor International said yesterday that the value of sales within the global e-vapor category had nearly doubled between 2013 and 2014, when they reached US$6.0 billion. E-vapor sales last year had eclipsed those of nicotine replacement therapy Read More
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