Philip Morris International is due to host a live audio webcast at www.pmi.com of its presentation to the Consumer Analyst Group of Europe (CAGE) conference in London, UK. The presentation will start about 10.15 Read More
Wenche Rolfsen will be put forward by the nominating committee of Swedish Match for election as a new member of the company’s board. The election will take place during the annual general meeting on Read More
The UK based electronic cigarette company, E-Lites, has overturned an attempt by a European government to have electronic cigarettes classified as medical devices. The Administrative Court in Estonia last week found in favour of Zandera Read More
Charles Hamshaw-Thomas has been appointment director of legal and corporate affairs at E-Lites, the UK-based electronic cigarette company. Hamshaw-Thomas has substantial senior executive experience as general counsel and corporate affairs director for some of the Read More
The Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs is in favor of banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and requiring that graphic health warnings are included on cigarette packages, according to a story in the Baltic Daily. Read More
Finland’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Health would like tobacco packs to have no brand information on them at all, according to an Esmerk Finnish News story quoting an unnamed newspaper report. Such a Read More
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) has called for the rejection of a proposal that would reintroduce subsidies coupled to tobacco production, according to a story in Europolitics. The EU Parliament is due to vote Read More
NewCo and its Indian partner, S.B. Impex, last week officially inaugurated a leaf facility close to Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. ‘We are able to store up to four million kg and to pack hand strip Read More
Lorillard’s board of directors has approved a new share repurchase program involving up to $500 million of the company’s outstanding common stock. The program is expected to be completed this year. “Today’s announcement Read More
Japan Tobacco Inc. said today that the Minister of Finance had decided the terms of the secondary share offerings that it would be making in respect of the company’s common stock. In all, 253,261,800 shares Read More