Category :News This Week

KT&G expects that its cigarette exports will exceed its domestic sales this year, according to a story in The Korea Times. A company spokesperson was quoted as saying that KT&G, which Read More

Singapore’s announcement that it is to ban emerging tobacco products comes at a time when a growing number of public health experts around the world are acknowledging that innovative non-combustible tobacco products can benefit Read More

The biotechnology company 22nd Century Group said on Wednesday that an independent Phase II clinical trial that had explored the efficacy of its very low nicotine tobacco as a smoking cessation aid when combined with Read More

Three multinational tobacco companies have expressed concern that another multinational is part of a venture granted sole wholesale tobacco concession rights in Hungary, according to a story in Hungary Around the Clock, relayed by the Read More

Botswana plans to introduce a new law requiring the licensing of retailers that sell cigarettes, according to a StarAfrica story citing an African Press Agency report. Ephraim Rapalai, a Ministry of Health environmental health officer, Read More

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has announced a ban on electronic cigarettes being included in checked baggage, according to an ndtv.com story citing an Agence France Presse report. The ban is said to Read More

Karelia Tobacco Company of Kalamata, Greece, has launched on its domestic market a new oriental-blend roll-your-own tobacco brand, according to a press note relayed by the TMA. Oriental Mist is said to be based on ‘Read More