The government in Bangladesh is planning to check the increase in production of leaf tobacco in the country, according to a story in The Financial Express quoting a UNB News Agency report. “A policy will Read More
Online registration and accommodation booking for Coresta’s 2014 congress is now available at www.coresta2014.org. The congress is due to be held at the Château Frontenac, Québec City, Canada, on Oct. 12–16. The Read More
Arle Capital has acquired the Innovia Group from the Candover 2001 Fund for an enterprise value of €498 million, with funds raised from a syndicate of new investors. The deal means that ownership remains with funds managed Read More
Hungary’s government-operated National Tobacco Trade Nonprofit (NTTN) is due to issue a tender on May 8 for the remaining 18 licenses for the retail sale of tobacco products, according to an MTI-EcoNews story. A government monopoly Read More
PM USA’s domestic cigarette shipment volume during the three months to the end of March, at 28,749 million, was down by 2.5 percent on that of the first quarter of 2013, 29,501 million. The company estimates that, when Read More
Lorillard’s domestic-market wholesale cigarette shipments during the three months to the end of March, at 8,838 million, were down by 2.3 percent on those of the first quarter of 2013, 9,044 million. Shipments of Newport were down by 1.5 Read More
Lorillard, the owner of blu eCigs, has applauded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which yesterday published proposed regulations in respect of e-cigarettes. “Lorillard applauds the agency’s initial efforts to establish a Read More
Japan Tobacco Inc.’s domestic cigarette volume sales during the 12 months to the end of March, at 120.1 billion, were 3.3 percent up on those of the 12 months to the end of March 2013. JT reported that the Read More
R.J. Reynolds’ domestic-market cigarette volume during the first quarter to the end of March, at 14.3 billion, was down by 3.8 percent on that of the first quarter of last year, 14.9 billion. Total growth brands volume Read More
One of the two focuses of this year’s meeting of the European Association on Tobacco Research and Experimentation (AERET) will be the carbon imprint of leaf tobacco production. The other will be biodiversity. AERET’Read More