E-cigarettes and e-liquids that contain nicotine are medical devices rather than consumer products and therefore require licensing, a Swedish appeals court has ruled. In a previous case from July 2014, Sweden’s medical products agency convinced Read More
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The UK’s lower house yesterday voted by 367 to 113 in favor of requiring that cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco should be sold only in standardized packaging from May next year, according to a Telegraph story relayed Read More
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Malawi’s Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has warned cross border traders that they will be arrested if they are found to be smuggling leaf tobacco out of the country, according to a Star Africa story. Read More
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Alliance One International said yesterday that the company’s subsidiary, Alliance One Brasil Exportadora de Tabacos (AOB), was to supply Brazilian Burley to Philip Morris International Management (PMIMSA), as PMIMSA adopted a new leaf supply Read More
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March 12, 2015
There seem to be signs that the tide is turning once again in favour of electronic cigarettes. A report yesterday told how New Zealand’s ban on electronic cigarettes with nicotine had come under fire Read More
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March 11, 2015
British Columbia, Canada, will ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors and prohibit e-cigarette use in buildings throughout the province by the end of 2015. The crackdown on vapor products is intended primarily to prevent minors Read More
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March 11, 2015
New Zealand’s ban on electronic cigarettes with nicotine has come under fire from a visiting health professional from Australia, where a similar ban is in place. According to a story by Josh Fagan for Read More
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March 11, 2015
Nepal’s Minister for Health and Population Khaga Raj Adhikari said yesterday that the government had no plans to reverse a directive requiring cigarette manufacturers to increase the size of pack health warnings from 75 percent Read More
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March 11, 2015
The number of Spaniards who said they started using cannabis in 2013 outnumbered those who said they took up smoking cigarettes, according to an Agence France Presse story citing a government study released last week. About 169,000 Read More
Staff Writer
March 11, 2015
Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins has signed into law the country’s standardized tobacco packaging legislation. According to an RTE story relayed by the TMA, cigarette manufacturers will be required, from May 2016, to produce Read More
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