The first 12 days of Zimbabwe’s flue-cured sales season saw what a Newsday story referred to as a marginal increase in volumes to 8.9 million kg, but a five per cent drop in the value of those sales to $31 million. The average price of $3.42 per kg was down from last season’s $3.60 per […]
Pfizer has agreed to settle the majority of lawsuits alleging its smoking cessation drug, Chantix, caused suicide and injuries, according to a Thomson Reuters story quoting the company’s annual filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The drug maker last year entered into agreements to settle about 80 per cent of the more than 2,700 […]
Imperial Tobacco’s sales force in Greece has won a national Sales Force of the Year award for the second consecutive year. The Sales Excellence Awards run by the National Greek Sales Institute (NGSI) acknowledge and reward best practice across all business sectors. The NGSI initiative culminated in a presentation ceremony in Athens where Nikos Nikiforidis, […]
Two provisions have been dropped from the final draft of an anti-tobacco law in Bangladesh following lobbying from tobacco companies, according to a story in The Daily Star. One of the provisions that have been dropped would have prevented farmers from obtaining soft loans or subsidies for tobacco cultivation. The other would have prevented separate […]
Israel’s Health Ministry is asking for public feedback on electronic cigarettes before deciding whether or not to ban them, according to a story by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich for the Jerusalem Post. This is despite a ministry committee’s having recommended that the marketing, import and use of e-cigarettes be prohibited for five years and that the prohibition […]
Iggesund Paperboard’s magazine, Inspire, which aims to convey inspiration about paperboard, paperboard packaging and design, is now available also in Japanese. Inspire, which has a print run of almost 20,000 copies and which is distributed around the world, was published already in Swedish, English, French, German and Mandarin. But the current issue, now being distributed, […]
British American Tobacco Korea said yesterday that it would reduce the price of its Vogue cigarettes to WON2,300 from WON2,500 per pack beginning March 14, according to a story in The Korea Times. There are three products under the Vogue brand name – Vogue 1 mg, Vogue Bleue 1 mg and Vogue 0.3 mg. “We […]
Philip Morris International and its affiliate, Papastratos Cigarette Manufacturing, say they have reached an agreement with the Greek government regarding the purchase of Greek oriental tobacco during the next three years. The co-operation agreement was signed by the Minister of Agriculture, Athanassios Tsaftaris, and PMI’s COO, André Calantzopoulos, in the presence of the Prime Minister, […]
Japan Tobacco Inc. said today that the JT Group had completed the acquisition of Al Nakhla Tobacco Company S.A.E. and Al Nakhla Tobacco Company – Free Zone S.A.E. (collectively, Nakhla). The acquisition was announced in a statement issued on November 16. Nakhla, with two factories, one in Cairo and one in Shebin El Kom, Egypt, […]
The Innovia Group said on Friday that it had completed the acquisition of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) shareholding in Securency International and was now sole owner of the company. And as of Friday, Securency International was renamed Innovia Security Pty Ltd (in Australia) and Innovia Security S.A. de C.V. (in Mexico). ‘Innovia Security […]
Cuban cigar sales rose last year despite the continuing economic crisis in some of its most important European markets, including its number one buyer, Spain, according to an Associated Press Newswires story quoting state-run tobacco company officials. Sales had totaled $416 million in 2012, Habanos SA representatives told reporters at a press conference held to […]
The Imperial Tobacco Group’s half year results for the six months to March 31 are expected to be released on April 30. The interim dividend is due to be paid on August 16 to shareholders on the register at July 19.
Japan Tobacco International has appointed its regional sales and marketing vice-president for the Asia region as the new managing director of its UK division, according to a story by Alex Ralph for The Times. Jorge da Motta, who has been based in Hong Kong, will replace Martin Southgate who retired last month.
Cigarettes have been in short supply in Sri Lanka since the Ceylon Tobacco Co. (CTC) stopped distributing them on Feb. 27, reports Daily Mirror. A new law requires cigarette manufacturers print pictorial health warnings on its packs before releasing them to the market. The CTC went to court over the new regulations, which were introduced […]
Hauni Maschinenbau is acquiring the Borgwaldt Group, a supplier of measurement/analysis equipment and flavors for cigarette and filter production. Based in Hamburg, Germany, the Borgwaldt Group has around 150 employees worldwide. “We are delighted to welcome a globally recognized technology specialist with Borgwaldt Group as the youngest member of the Hauni family,” said Christopher Somm, […]
The results of a new survey indicating that a high percentage of teenager tobacco users in Alberta, Canada, consume flavored products are being used by anti-tobacco lobbyists to call for a ban on such products. According to a story by Keith Gerein for the Edmonton Journal, the 2010-11 Youth Smoking Survey conducted by Health Canada […]
KT&G is in the process of removing descriptors such as ‘lights’ from its packs even though it is under no legal obligation to do so, according to a story in The Korea Herald. In September, the Korean government tried to revise the National Health Promotion Law to include a ban on words that might misrepresent […]
Cigarettes have become more affordable in Sri Lanka during the past 10 years. A recent story in the Daily Mirror newspaper said that a study conducted on behalf of the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) by Verité Research had shown that in 2010, cigarettes were relatively cheaper than they were in 2000. In […]
Tobacco pest control technologies would be more effective if they were carried out correctly.
The spirit of innovation associated with HNB products has also gripped the supplying industries.
In classical oriental, securing supply may prove to be a greater challenge than sustaining demand.
Peter Nixon, PMI’s U.K. and Ireland MD, praises England’s progressive approach to new technologies.
Celebrating cigars at Puro Sabor
Five days of factory tours, farm visits, recreational activities and many, many cigars.
The ITGA worries about slumping demand for leaf tobacco and a lack of alternative crops
The grading system in Malawi, where yet again leaf tobacco prices are favoring buyers, is said to leave a lot to be desired.
Malawi’s tobacco sales season got off to an awful start on Monday with some prices well below a dollar a kg, which far from reflected the work that had gone into producing the leaf.
The prices paid to flue-cured tobacco growers are up in both Andhra Pradesh, where the selling season has just started, and in Karnataka, where it is about to close.
By the end of the first nine days of sales on Zimbabwe’s 2018 flue-cured tobacco market, the average grower price was up sharply on that of the 2017 season.
Human Rights Watch says that children in Zimbabwe are working under hazardous conditions on tobacco farms to earn money for the necessities of life.
It is often the cry of businesses and industries that ‘change’ should be warmly embraced because it leads to new opportunities. But change trade tariffs and the reaction is different.
The Malaysian arm of British American Tobacco has put the launch of reduced risk products on hold while it sees which way the regulatory wind is blowing.
Those opposed to the excessive use of electronic cigarettes among young people should define what they mean by ‘excessive’ use and, therefore, what they think is acceptable use.
New guidance from the US Food and Drug Administration is aimed at smoothing the path for manufacturers needing to list the ingredients in their products.
Information has been made available about the technical details that will define how the EU’s tobacco-products tracking and tracing system will operate.
For the sake of smokers, it is to be hoped that the European Court of Justice reaches a different conclusion to that of its Advocate General when considering the EU’s ban on snus.
A replication study of emissions from e-liquids has provided results that are significantly different to those of the original study.
Research has shown that vapor doesn’t discolor teeth in the way that smoke does. Presumably the same would hold for pub ceilings and extravagant facial hair.
As part of its investigations into the effects of vaping, PMI is developing novel in vitro methods for toxicity testing using human cells.
In fully converting a factory from cigarette to HEETS production, Philip Morris International has nailed its colors to the mast.
To the man in the street, there can be little doubt that heated tobacco products are far less risky than are combustible-tobacco products. The only question left is one of acceptability.
It was clearly not possible for Philip Morris International to maintain forever the huge growth rate of heated-tobacco-product sales that it had enjoyed in Japan; but there is a world beyond Japan.
The Malaysian arm of British American Tobacco has put the launch of reduced risk products on hold while it sees which way the regulatory wind is blowing.
Those opposed to the excessive use of electronic cigarettes among young people should define what they mean by ‘excessive’ use and, therefore, what they think is acceptable use.
There are times when the US Food and Drug Administration could be accused of acting too slowly, but there are times also when it is necessary to stop and reflect.
In partnering in an event in London last night, Philip Morris International once again demonstrated that it is serious about encouraging smokers to switch to lower-risk products.
The Nigerian government is coming under pressure because of a planned three-year program of tax increases on tobacco products and alcohol.
For the sake of smokers, it is to be hoped that the European Court of Justice reaches a different conclusion to that of its Advocate General when considering the EU’s ban on snus.
A change in government in New Zealand seems to have put a brake on a move to legalize vaping with nicotine, leaving smokers in a difficult place.
Two women have filed lawsuits against the US-based tobacco-control activist Dr. Stanton Glantz, who denies the allegations made against him.
A charge brought in respect of a heated-tobacco product in New Zealand seemed to be a case of going through the motions; but it did highlight the need for more legal clarity.
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