Category :News This Week

Most Indonesians support the use of graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and agree that the size of the pictures should be increased, according to a story in the Jakarta Globe quoting the results of Read More

Philip Morris International is due to host a live audio webcast of its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at www.pmi.com/webcasts starting at 09.00 Eastern Time on May 6. The webcast will be in listen-only mode. Read More

British American Tobacco’s cigarette volume during the three months to the end of March, at 152 billion, was said by the company to be down by about 3.6 percent on that of the first quarter of 2014, 158 Read More

The Indonesian Consumer Foundation (YLKI) said yesterday that the pictorial health warnings on more than half of the tobacco product packs it had examined as part of a survey had excise bands over the top Read More

The Indian state of Rajasthan is considering introducing a ban on the sale of all tobacco products during one day of each month, according to a story in the latest issue of the BBM Bommidala Read More

Zimbabwe has earned US$224.0 million from the export of 35.2 million kg of semi-processed tobacco this year, according to a story in The Herald quoting figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board. This season’s Read More

Reynolds American Inc.’s 2014 Sustainability Report, which ‘highlights the latest initiatives by RAI and its subsidiaries to ensure a sustainable commercial future while addressing stakeholder expectations’, is now available on the company’s website (www.Read More

Lower farm prices are plaguing flue-cured tobacco growers around the world, according to a story in the most recent issue of the India-based BBM Bommidala Group newsletter. The story reported that prices had fallen by 14 Read More

China’s revised Advertisement Law, which has been approved by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, bans tobacco product advertising in the mass media, in public places, and on public transportation, according Read More

In an application before Kenyan High Court Judge Mumbi Ngugi, British American Tobacco Kenya has said it is unable to comply with the country’s Tobacco Control Regulations 2014 because the Ministry of Health has yet Read More