Tobacco is starting to lose its allure in some areas of India, where high prices are being offered for Bengal gram, a crop that is relatively easy to produce.Read More
New Zealand needs to lower its tobacco-products excise taxes, if only to avoid having to carry out the hideous punishments being suggested for people who rob retailers.Read More
The future for tobacco in Malawi ‘does not look good’, which is why stakeholders are starting to hedge their bets through diversifications.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
It sounds a lot when Singapore says that it issued 19,000 tickets to people caught smoking in prohibited areas last year, but it is only 0.002 of a ticket per prohibited-area day.Read More
Yesterday on this site a story told how people might be paid to stop smoking. Today, below, there is a story about how tobacco growers are being paid not to produce the crop.Read More
The ultimate goals of 122 health organizations and Philip Morris International are aligned; only a sense of timing separates them.Read More
It is often said that there is nothing more important than the welfare of children, but clearly money is seen by many as being an exception to that rule.Read More
An increase in duties on unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse has been welcomed by the Zambia Association of Manufacturers.Read More
Philip Morris International is to increase the number of its operational regions as part of its efforts to drive the company toward a future that is smoke-free.Read More
