Japan Tobacco International’s vice president, reduced-risk products, has suggested a number of ways in which the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive might be improved in respect of vapor products.Read More
Applying the epithet 'so-called' to a low-tar cigarette seems to confuse rather than correct in a so-called ‘corrective statement’ that US tobacco manufacturers are having to make.Read More
Whatever its intentions, the nicotine industry should realize that there is a big, red, flashing warning over anything even remotely connected with children.Read More
Unreasonable regulation will mostly be challenged, and a requirement for 90 percent tobacco-package health warnings that appear on all but one face seems unreasonable. Read More
It seems that Sri Lanka is preparing to impose standardized packaging on tobacco products, though it is not clear when this might happen.Read More
Information has been made available about the technical details that will define how the EU’s tobacco-products tracking and tracing system will operate.Read More
It is surprising how those advocating standardized packaging are willing to set themselves up as the arbiters of color attractiveness. Such hubris came back to haunt Australia’s advocates.Read More
A cigarette factory in Cambodia that failed to heed warnings about pack warnings has been forced to stop production.Read More
Because EU directives and German law refer only to cigarette health warnings on packs, there is no obligation on retailers to ensure those warnings can be seen when they are on their shelves.Read More
A claim that a rule that offends against intellectual property rights should be repealed even if it proves to be an effective health tool might need to be examined.Read More
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