Category :News This Week

Jordanian authorities closed three coffee shops during the first quarter of this year for violating the Public Health Law, which bans smoking in public places, according to a story in The Jordan Times quoting the Read More

Current electronic cigarette use among US middle- and high-school students tripled between 2013 and 2014, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) and the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Read More

Philip Morris USA yesterday made its annual Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payment, which this year amounts to about $3.5 billion, after adjusting for various items related to the Non-Participating Manufacturer adjustment disputes. ‘Since signing the tobacco Read More

More than 200,000 young Thais buy single cigarettes because they cannot afford to buy packs, according to a story in The Nation quoting a public-health researcher from Mahidol University. Saranya Benjakul cited a 2011 survey that found Read More

A ‘Bioboost’ research project under way in Norway is using genetically engineered tobacco plants as a ‘factory’ to produce enzymes that can break down biomass from forest-based raw materials, potentially leading to the economic and Read More

The US’s biggest tobacco companies are suing the Food and Drug Administration over recent guidelines that they claim overstep the agency’s authority in respect of tobacco-products packaging, according to an associated press story. Read More

A N$14 billion tobacco and maize project mooted for Namibia’s Zambezi region has received environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, according to a story in The Namibian. The Chinese company, Namibia Read More

France’s lower house of parliament yesterday passed a number of measures, one of which would require cigarettes to be sold from May next year in standardized packaging with graphic health warnings, according to a Read More

It will be illegal to sell tobacco products within 250 meters of Jordan’s schools and health institutions from October 1, according to a story in The Jordan Times describing new Health Ministry regulations. Under the regulations, Read More

As part of measures being taken in support of a damages suit being brought against major tobacco companies by South Korea’s state health insurer, the Health Ministry plans to establish a think tank to Read More