An Indonesian company looking to boost its non-sugar revenues sees cigar tobacco as its ticket into the Chinese market for luxury goods, according to a story in The Jakarta Globe. Perkebunan Nusantara X (PTPN X), Read More
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked the Chicago Board of Health and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) to undertake a series of initiatives aimed at curtailing the use of menthol cigarettes by young Read More
Researchers in Israel have shown that smoking results from an inability to delay satisfaction and consider long-term effects, rather than from a heightened capacity for risk taking, according to a story by John Ericson in Read More
The Ontario Superior Court has certified a class action for Canadians who took the quit-smoking drug Champix between April 2, 2007, and May 31, 2010, and allegedly suffered certain reactions, according to a press note issued by Canadian law Read More
Lorillard’s domestic-market wholesale cigarette shipments during the three months to the end of June, at 10,262 million, were down by 1.9 percent on those of the second quarter of 2012, at 10,461 million. Shipments of Newport were down Read More
Philip Morris Polska said yesterday that it planned to invest more than PLN150 million (about US$50 million) in building a new facility for the production of fine-cut tobacco for roll-your-own cigarettes. The facility, which will Read More
As part of its initiatives aimed at supporting the reconstruction of areas affected by the great East Japan earthquake in March 2011, Japan Tobacco Inc. is due to launch its JT Reconstruction Support Project, which will Read More
R.J Reynolds Tobacco’s domestic cigarette volume during the three months to the end of June, at 17.0 billion, was 6.0 percent down on that of the three months to the end of June 2012. Pall Mall Read More
The Italian government has abandoned a proposed tax hike on electronic cigarettes after fierce opposition from shop owners and consumers, according to a story in The Local Europe, quoting La Stampa. Campaigners successfully argued that Read More
Japan Tobacco Inc. said today that it is redesigning the packaging of its Pianissimo Icene Crista and Pianissimo Icene Gracia cigarettes. The new designs are due to be rolled out across Japan from late August. Read More