Three tax evasion complaints against Mighty Corporation have been withdrawn following an agreement under which the Philippines’ government is to be paid about P40 billion.Read More
Japan Tobacco International, which is said to have handed £1.6 billion to shareholders last year, has upset its UK Gallaher workers by proposing to change their pension arrangements. Read More
Providing people with financial incentives to quit smoking is said to be one of the most effective and cost-effective strategies.Read More
The second funding round of Philip Morris International’s IMPACT initiative is focused on converging forms of illegal trade and related crimes.Read More
Sri Lanka is one of 15 priority countries that will receive support for implementing the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.Read More
In a trading statement, Imperial Brands said today that it was ‘gearing up for new launches in an extended footprint’ of new generation products.Read More
UK retailers are concerned that an EU tobacco-products tracking-and-tracing system could prove burdensome.Read More
The acquisition of Mighty Corporation by Japan Tobacco Inc largely brings to an end a ‘disruptive’ period in the history of the Philippines’ cigarette market. Read More
Despite the benefits that tobacco growing produces for Zimbabwe – and for tobacco dealers and manufacturers, and governments in other countries – most growers remain poor.Read More
One of two stories published in the Philippines yesterday suggests that growers can earn more by improving leaf quality, while the second suggests that graders might downgrade their leaf.Read More
