Faced with allegations of tax evasion, the Philippines’ Mighty Corp, whose tobacco manufacturing business is said to support tens of thousands of workers, has asked for a fair hearing.Read More
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April 20, 2017
A group of health experts has petitioned the High Court of Bombay in an effort to force the Indian government to divest its tobacco interests.Read More
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April 18, 2017
The Royal Australian Navy has been found by a tribunal to have contributed significantly to a young sailor’s having taken up tobacco smoking, which is said to have led to his death.Read More
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April 13, 2017
The tobacco industry has run out of UK domestic legal avenues for challenging the government on standardized tobacco packaging.Read More
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April 6, 2017
British American Tobacco is challenging parts of Uganda’s Tobacco Control Act before the country’s Constitutional Court.Read More
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March 15, 2017
The innovative nature of Philip Morris International’s iQOS heated-tobacco device is causing market teething problems in some countries as regulators scramble to catch up.Read More
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February 23, 2017
If implemented, the US Food and Drug Administration’s regulations on premium cigars would put small firms out of business and reduce consumer choice.Read More
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January 26, 2017
The EU bans the sale outside Sweden of snus, probably the least risky form of tobacco, while allowing the sale of cigarettes, probably the deadliest form. That ban is being challenged in the UK.Read More
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A jury in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida has ruled in favor of Mary Faricy Pardue in a case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA.Read More
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A challenge that was mounted in the UK against the government’s imposition of standardized tobacco-products packaging seems to be running out of steam.Read More
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