Category :News This Week

A $200 million federal anti-smoking campaign ‘Tips From Former Smokers’ was mostly a flop and did not greatly boost the number of non-smokers in the US, according to a story by Nick Tate for NewsMax. Tate Read More

Universal Corporation’s board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.52 per share on the company’s common shares, payable on August 10 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 13. The Read More

The Australian tobacco industry’s claim that the illegal trade in tobacco products has been increasing seems to have been borne out, at least in respect of New South Wales (NSW). According to a story Read More

An Irish member of the European Parliament has urged the EU to do more to fight the “scourge” of tobacco. Writing in the Parliament Magazine, Brian Hayes said the passing of the EU Tobacco Products Read More

The South Korean government has ordered a recall of some electronic cigarettes and issued a warning over others, according to a Yonhap News Agency story. It ordered the recall of 10 electronic cigarettes over concerns expressed Read More

The organizers of the Global Forum on Nicotine have announced that the final program for the event is now available at: http://gfn.net.co/2015-programme. The Forum is due to be held at the Read More

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

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

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

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