The charging of four vendors in the Punjab, India, for selling electronic cigarettes and liquid nicotine has made the pages of the Hindustan Times and drawn a comment from Hussan Lal, described as ‘Commissioner FDA Read More
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February 17, 2015
A recent UK employment tribunal case has sounded a warning that an employer wishing to dismiss an employee for vaping might not be able to fall back on its conventional smoking policy to justify the Read More
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Tobacco farmers have received an estimated 58 percent of Zimbabwe’s cumulative agricultural bank loans this summer. This translated to about $600 million of the estimated $1 billion that banks budgeted as production support for agriculture during the 2014Read More
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February 16, 2015
Tomra has been named as a Ruban d’Honneur recipient and one of 10 finalists now being considered for the 2014-2015 European Business Awards in the category “The Business of the Year with Turnover of €150 million Read More
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February 16, 2015
JTI will acquire Ploom’s ModelTwo and pods product line—including the Ploom trademark—and general intellectual property related to ModelTwo and pods. Concurrent with the transaction, Ploom will buy back JTI’s minority stake Read More
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February 16, 2015
Underage smoking looks to have increased in Singapore, though the rise could be down in part to better detection systems, according to a story by Hoe Pei Shan and Pearl Lee for the Straits Times. Read More
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February 16, 2015
Despite recent announcements about the relaxation of trade relations between Cuba and the US, Havana cigars are not yet available in the US, legally; but that doesn’t mean these cigars aren’t providing an Read More
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February 16, 2015
Tobacco growers in flue-cured producing provinces of the Philippines are due to share in at least P3.5 billion (US$79 million) of tobacco excise tax revenue, which the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has agreed Read More
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February 16, 2015
Ceylon Tobacco Company’s (CTC) sales in Sri Lanka fell by 11 percent last year, according to a Colombo Page story quoting a CTC financial statement. At the same time, its government contributions during the 12 months Read More
Staff Writer
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A New Zealand health expert has said that the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) would effectively prevent governments from enacting health policies for fear of being sued, according to an Independent Newspapers story. New Zealand Read More
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