The U.K. House of Lords on March 16 approved a bill requiring cigarettes to be sold in standardized packaging. The House of Commons on March 11 voted 367 to 113 in favor of the law, which passed through Read More
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March 17, 2015
The upper house of the state of Tasmania, Australia, is due to debate whether sales of cigarettes should be banned in the case of people born after 2000, according to a story by Daniel McCulloch for Read More
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March 17, 2015
KT&G’s overseas sales are expected this year to surpass its domestic sales for the first time, according to a story in The Korea Herald. The company said in an e-mail interview with Read More
Staff Writer
March 17, 2015
A US legal scholar and tobacco control expert says he has developed a research-based roadmap that allows for the immediate regulation of e-cigarettes. Writing in the March issue of Food and Drug Law Journal, Eric Read More
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March 17, 2015
A study carried out in Karnataka, India, has suggested that tobacco-producing districts are wealthier than those not producing tobacco, according to a Press Trust of India story relayed by the TMA. The Indian government is Read More
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March 17, 2015
The UK’s upper house has approved a bill that will require cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco to be sold in England only in standardized packaging from May 2016, according to a Newsweek story relayed by the Read More
Staff Writer
March 17, 2015
Swedish Match is due to hold its annual general meeting in Stockholm next month. The meeting is scheduled to start at 16.30 Central European Time on April 23 at Citykonferensen, Stockholm. The agenda is at: http://www.Read More
Staff Writer
March 16, 2015
A study presented to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 12 supports the theory that raising the tobacco purchase age to 21 from 18 will substantially reduce the number of 15- to 17-year-olds who start Read More
Staff Writer
March 16, 2015
The Canadian House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health has released a report asking the federal government to establish new legislative framework for the regulation of vapor products. The report, titled “Vaping: Towards A regulatory Read More
Staff Writer
March 16, 2015
The South Australian Health Omnibus Survey of 2,700 people has found that 15.7 percent of respondents identified themselves as smokers during 2014, down from 19.4 percent during 2013, according to a story in the Adelaide Advertiser relayed by the TMA. Read More
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