The Japanese market for traditional cigarettes dropped like a stone during the first half of this year, partly in line with long-term trends but also because of the switch by smokers to heated-tobacco products. Read More
A perfect storm of tax increases, anti-tobacco regulations and fierce competition have taken their toll on the earnings of Indonesia’s big cigarette manufacturers.Read More
While Altria reported cigarettes sales down in the three months to the end of June, its sales of cigars and smokeless tobacco products were up.Read More
A study has found that, in brief, increases in cigarette prices can make the financially less-well-off even poorer. Read More
British American Tobacco’s cigarette volume was down sharply in the first six months of this year, but it says it has made good progress with its next-generation-product business.Read More
Despite the revenue provided by tobacco taxes and other imposts, the state of West Virginia is providing no funds for the West Virginia Division of Tobacco Prevention.Read More
A professor of public health in the US has called for the focus of tobacco control to be shifted from smokers to cigarette manufacturers.Read More
Swedish Match’s operating profit during the second quarter to the end of June was up by eight percent on its profit for the second quarter of last year. Read More
Universal Corporation’s first-quarter results will be the subject of a webcast conference call on August 3.Read More
A sharp drop in Philip Morris International's second-quarter shipments of cigarettes was mitigated by a good increase in shipments of heated tobacco units.Read More
