A question has been raised in Montana, US, about whether it is fair to apply punitive taxes to tobacco products in order to balance the state’s budget.Read More
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Altria’s CEO Martin Barrington saw his pay rise by 107 percent between 2015 and 2016, to US$27.6 million.Read More
The new US administration’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration appears open to discussion in respect of the use of at least some flavors in cigars and electronic cigarettes.Read More
British American Tobacco’s proposed acquisition of Reynolds American Inc. has moved a step closer with the Japanese authorities having given unconditional antitrust approval.Read More
A suggestion that smoking cannot be said to be any more hazardous than is vaping has been described as an advertisement for tobacco cigarettes.Read More
Philip Morris International has made an application to market its iQOS heated-tobacco product in the US while the product’s modified risk submission is being considered.Read More
Retailers are being warned that the arrival of heat-not-burn products in the US could create ‘stiff headwinds’ for their businesses.Read More
No Internet link was available when a story appeared here on the report, Ending cigarette use by adults in a generation is possible. But that link has now been released. Read More
The trouble with oven-ready ideas, such as the one that has it that electronic cigarettes are tobacco products, is that they’re not the real thing. And no amount of ketchup will make them right.Read More
The failures – sometimes explosive – of batteries used in some vapor devices have been causing concern; so a workshop to discuss these issues is timely.Read More