The Annual Golden Leaf Awards 2024
Sponsored exclusively by BMJ, the Golden Leaf Awards program recognizes outstanding contributions by companies associated with the global tobacco and nicotine industries. We offer multiple opportunities for industry professionals to highlight their accomplishments throughout the year.
Don’t miss this golden opportunity to recognize your company’s or another company’s outstanding performance.
The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2024.
The Golden Leaf Awards Over the Years
Market attention followed the FDA authorization of flavored ENDS products, seen as a reference point for how flavored e-cigarettes may fare in the future.
PMI disputed the criticism, saying 43% of its net revenue came from smoke-free products and that its marketing is restricted to adults.
The WHO raised concerns about youth-oriented marketing, flavors, and discreet-use messaging while calling for tighter controls.
TIMB is also urging farmers to conduct soil testing before planting to optimize fertilizer use, improve leaf quality, and reduce input costs.
She said the Ministry will appeal, and that the decision enabled Malaysia to transition from outdated controls to an improved tobacco and vape regulatory system.
Regulators are no longer just inspecting facilities; they are interrogating data.
CEO Stuart Brazier said the listing provides access to U.S. capital markets to accelerate international expansion.
The event is calling for papers in Agronomy & Leaf Integrity, Phytopathology & Genetics, Product Science, and Product Technology.
Manufactured cigarettes account for 80.6% of use, while 9.5% use smokers’ tobacco, particularly prevalent among those aged 18 to 29.
Authorities stopped a passenger car and a truck at a gas station, where they discovered 300 boxes of smuggled cigarettes.
He said the authorization conflicted with recent department guidance on youth risks from flavored nicotine and criticized senior officials for supporting it.
They argued that progress in reducing smoking has slowed in many high-burden countries and that current policy debates increasingly conflate nicotine use with the harms of smoking.
“The WHO should be leading a science-based strategy to end smoking. Instead, it remains ideologically opposed to the very products helping make that goal achievable.”
Growers report increasing concerns over debt exposure, fees, and pricing, particularly within systems dominated by Chinese contractors.
PMI said sustained enforcement is critical for revenue collection and market compliance, noting illicit trade is estimated to cost Pakistan $1.1 billion annually.