Reynolds American’s board of directors yesterday declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of $0.67 per share ($2.68 per share annualized). The dividend is payable on October 1 to shareholders of record on Read More
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July 17, 2014
Conservative candidates in marginal seats, including public health minister, Jane Ellison, risk electoral defeat because of the government’s nanny state policies, according to a new survey* of English voters commissioned by the Democracy Institute, Read More
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July 17, 2014
According to a US Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids story, Australian health officials yesterday reported that Australia’s smoking rate had dropped by more than 15 per cent – from 15.1 per cent in 2010 to 12.8 per cent in 2013 – ‘following Read More
Staff Writer
July 17, 2014
The Indian Health Ministry is considering whether it should ban the sale of single cigarettes, according to a story in the latest issue of the BBM Bommidala newsletter. In fact, such a ‘ban’ might be Read More
Staff Writer
July 17, 2014
Zimbabwe’s flue-cured production has surpassed 210 million kg for the first time in 14 years, according to a story in NewsDay. The last time output surpassed 210 million kg was in 2000 when it reached 227,726,000 kg. By July 15, Read More
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July 16, 2014
S&M Brands has received substantial equivalent orders from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its redesigned Riverside cigarette brand. S&M Brands is one of the few companies, behind Lorillard, Read More
Staff Writer
July 16, 2014
The Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, has steeply increased excise taxes on cigarettes as part of the 2014 Budget, prompting warnings about a rise in illicit trade, according to a number of stories in the latest Read More
Staff Writer
July 16, 2014
Smoking rates and cigarette consumption dropped dramatically in Turkey between 2008 and 2012/13, but tobacco tax revenue doubled, according to a story in the Daily Sabah quoting government figures. The introduction of a ban on smoking in Read More
Staff Writer
July 16, 2014
Commenting in Forbes on the recently announced proposed takeover of Lorillard by Reynolds American, Daniel Fisher said the deal would join the No.2 and No.3 US tobacco companies under the control of British American Tobacco, Read More
Staff Writer
July 16, 2014
Reynolds American is due to host a conference call and webcast from 09.00 hours Eastern Time on July 29 following the release of its second-quarter 2014 financial results before the market opens on that day. The conference call, Read More
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