Leaf tobacco production has increased slowly but steadily in Fiji, according to a story in The Fiji Times. The newspaper gave no production figures but said that about 500 Western Division farmers were involved in tobacco Read More
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May 18, 2015
The deadline for the submission of presentation abstracts for CORESTA’s 2015 study group meetings has been extended to May 22. The Smoke Science and Product Technology (SSPT) meeting is due to be held at Jeju, South Read More
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May 18, 2015
Three medical experts have said there is ‘troubling evidence’ that the tobacco industry is bringing its influence to bear on some Asian governments and thereby undermining public health, according to a story in the Hindustan Read More
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May 18, 2015
A health expert in Saudi Arabia has urged the authorities to increase cigarette prices after becoming concerned at the increasing number of young people, particularly schoolchildren, becoming addicted to smoking, according to a story in Read More
Staff Writer
May 15, 2015
Zimbabwe’s flue-cured tobacco growers are continuing to suffer the effects of lower prices, which have fallen nearly 10 percent year-on-year. Growers sold 92.2 million kg of flue-cured for US$267.7 million at an average price of US$2.90 Read More
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May 15, 2015
The International Trademark Association (INTA) has joined the legal battle against standardized packaging for tobacco products ‘in order to champion property rights’, according to a Breitbart story. The INTA says that standardized packaging regulations should Read More
Staff Writer
May 15, 2015
Japan Tobacco Inc’s domestic cigarette sales volume during April, at 9.2 billion, was up by 37.2 percent on that of April 2014, 6.7 billion, according to preliminary figures issued by the company today. The April 2014 figure was down Read More
Staff Writer
May 15, 2015
Lorillard has declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.66 per share. The dividend is payable on June 10 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on June 1. But the dividend is Read More
Staff Writer
May 15, 2015
The Altria Group is due to host a live audio webcast of its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders starting at 09.00 Eastern Time on May 20. Directions for the required pre-event registration are at www.altria.com/webcasts. Read More
Staff Writer
May 14, 2015
A Minnesota-based startup company called MNPHARM plans to use tobacco plants to produce personalized treatments for patients battling cancer. Founded by Jeff Reinert and Dave Roeser, MNPHARM uses a process that combines technological advances in Read More
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