Last week saw £312,000 of vintage cigars and cigar-related lots sold at C.Gars’ eighth auction at Boisdale Canary Wharf, London. “Ninety-five per cent of the 347 Lots were sold, most above estimate,” said managing director, Mitchell Orchant. “It was one of the largest cigar auctions in the world, to date.“There was also a lot of new [...]
Heavy rain has destroyed tobacco seedlings in Indonesia and caused farmers at Jember, East Java, to incur heavy losses, according to a story in The Jakarta Post. The head of the Kasturi Tobacco Farmers’ Association, Abdurahman, was quoted as saying that as many as 600 farmers cultivating 800 ha had had to replant two or [...]
Russia’s chief health inspector has told the World Health Organization it has no right to dictate how Russia should develop its tobacco pricing policies, according to a TV Novosti report. The head of WHO’s office in Russia, Luigi Migliorini, had earlier expressed disappointment in plans for ‘lower than expected’ tobacco excise increases after 2016. Migliorini [...]
More than 143 million kg of tobacco had been sold for US$527 million after 76 days of Zimbabwe’s auction and contract selling season, according to a story in The Zimbabwe Herald. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board chief executive, Dr. Andrew Matibiri, said deliveries to the auction floors had declined, though contract deliveries were still [...]
Japan Tobacco Inc’s domestic cigarette sales volume during May, at 10.2 billion, was increased by 0.4 per cent on its May 2012 volume, also rounded to 10.2 billion, according to preliminary figures issued by the company today. Volume during April-May, at 19.8 billion, was increased by 1.8 per cent on that of April-May 2012, 19.5 [...]
Alliance One International said yesterday that Jeffrey A. Eckmann, Carl L. Hausmann and John D. Rice were being appointed to the board of directors effective June 14. At the same time, the company announced the retirement of board members Joseph L. Lanier, Jr, B. Clyde Preslar and William S. Sheridan as of the 2013 annual [...]
Lorillard is due to host a webcast of its Investor Day presentation to the investment community in New York City on June 27. The webcast, which will begin at 09.00 hours Eastern Time, will include presentations by Murray S. Kessler, chairman, president and CEO, David H. Taylor, CFO and executive vice president, finance and planning, [...]
As the proposed revision of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive is now being discussed in the European Parliament, the UK-based electronic cigarette manufacturer, Totally Wicked Ltd, is sending an electronic cigarette to all 754 MEPs. ‘Accompanying the e-cigarette will be a briefing document that simply and factually explains why e-cigarettes do not belong in the [...]
Japan Tobacco Inc is adding two snus products to its Zerostyle smokeless tobacco line. ‘Zerostyle Snus Regular’ and ”Zerostyle Snus Mint will go on sale at selected retails stores in the city of Osaka from early August. In a launch press note posted on its website, JT said that while the majority of consumers in [...]
Filtrona Filters has launched the BiTech™ filter, a new addition to its AdvantageRange. The new filter is said to maximize the benefits of both paper and cellulose acetate – the high filtration efficiency and cost effectiveness of paper with the familiar taste of cellulose acetate – through its ‘unique construction’. ‘As a result, cigarette manufacturers [...]
