S&M Brands has received substantial equivalent orders from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its redesigned Riverside cigarette brand. S&M Brands is one of the few companies, behind Lorillard, Read More
The Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, has steeply increased excise taxes on cigarettes as part of the 2014 Budget, prompting warnings about a rise in illicit trade, according to a number of stories in the latest Read More
Smoking rates and cigarette consumption dropped dramatically in Turkey between 2008 and 2012/13, but tobacco tax revenue doubled, according to a story in the Daily Sabah quoting government figures. The introduction of a ban on smoking in Read More
Commenting in Forbes on the recently announced proposed takeover of Lorillard by Reynolds American, Daniel Fisher said the deal would join the No.2 and No.3 US tobacco companies under the control of British American Tobacco, Read More
Reynolds American is due to host a conference call and webcast from 09.00 hours Eastern Time on July 29 following the release of its second-quarter 2014 financial results before the market opens on that day. The conference call, Read More
Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) will acquire Lorillard for $27.4 billion. To help ease antitrust scrutiny that the deal may face, Imperial Tobacco has agreed to purchase the Kool, Salem, Winston, Maverick and Blu Ecigs brands for $7.1 Read More
The organizers of the recently held Global Forum on Nicotine have announced that they will stage another such event in a year’s time. The second Global Forum on Nicotine is scheduled to take place Read More
A position statement on e-cigarettes issued last week by a group of international lung health organizations has been strongly criticized by a leading U.S. health expert. “Experts from the world’s leading lung organizations Read More
The European Commission on Thursday referred Denmark to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) for not banning all forms of snus. With the exception of Sweden, the sale of snus is prohibited throughout the EU. Read More
With the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan midway over, shops in Oman’s capital, Muscat, are experiencing a drop in cigarette sales of up to 45 percent, according to a story in the Oman Observer. And Read More