Category :News This Week

North Korea has banned foreign cigarettes, reportedly as part of efforts to reduce the country’s high smoking rate, according to a story in The Korea Times (Seoul). “We have also prohibited people from using Read More

Proposals by the anti-tobacco group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) have been described by the UK’s Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association (UKTMA) as an unwarranted intrusion on individual freedoms and a dogmatic attack on a Read More

The agreements drawn up between the EU and the four major transnational tobacco companies to crack down on cigarette smuggling and recoup lost tax revenues are failing to meet their stated aims, according to a Read More

Figures released by Thailand’s National Statistical Office showed that the number of smokers aged 15 and above rose by 21 percent year-on-year to 11.4 million in 2014, according to a story in the Chiang Rai Times relayed by Read More

Rothmans, Benson & Hedges (RBH) has said that it will appeal a Canadian trial court decision setting damages in respect of the members of two class actions at C$15.6 billion and allocating C$3.1 billion of Read More

Thirty nine Mexican guest workers are suing the Kentucky tobacco farmers who hired them through a government program for seasonal work, according to a WUKY (Lexington, Kentucky). Three lawsuits have been filed by the workers Read More

The Malawi government and Egypt’s Eastern Tobacco have signed a memorandum of understanding in respect of cigarette manufacturing in Malawi, according to a story in the Nyasa Times on Thursday. The Times reported that Read More

British American Tobacco said today that it had signed an agreement to acquire TDR, the leading independent cigarette manufacturer in Central Europe. If the agreement receives the necessary approvals, BAT will acquire TDR and other Read More

Korea’s National Assembly on Friday approved a bill that will make it obligatory for cigarette packs to carry graphic health warnings, though the warnings must not be ‘excessively’ repulsive, according to a story in Read More

The incidence of tobacco use in the EU dropped from 28 percent in 2012 to 26 percent in 2014, according to a ‘Eurobarometer’ published on May 29. The biggest fall was among people aged 15 to 24 where tobacco use went from 29 Read More