The US Congress has missed an opportunity to reverse a ‘terrible regulatory decision by the Food and Drug Administration’ in respect of electronic cigarettes.Read More
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The US-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee says that not enough is being done to address the ‘numerous reports detailing human rights abuses’ on British American Tobacco’s contract farms.Read More
Reynolds American Inc.’s board of directors has declared its quarterly dividend and elected Susan M. Cameron non-executive chairman.Read More
RAI's honeymoon with Newport seems to be over. First quarter Newport volume was down by 2.9 percent, though the brand's market share was up by 0.1 of a percentage point.Read More
PM USA’s first-quarter cigarette volumes fell in line with industry-wide trends, while its smokeless volumes took a hit because of a voluntary recall. Cigar volumes, however, were up.Read More
Efforts to reduce the harm caused by tobacco smoking by increasing the nicotine-to-tar ratio of cigarettes has a long history, and now the 22nd Century Group is to research its potential.Read More
A bill has been introduced to the US House of Representatives that aims to change the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to vapor products and harm reduction. Read More
Philip Morris International’s chairman, Louis C. Camilleri, and its CEO, André Calantzopoulos, will address the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 3.Read More
Some people are speculating that his opposition to electronic cigarettes was at least one of the factors that led to the sacking on Friday of the US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.Read More
Governments will employ no end of strategies to reduce cigarette smuggling, except, that is, the one that would be most effective: moderating the tax imposts on these products.Read More