Changes in the marketplace have forced the public health community to wrestle with the idea that some tobacco products may pose less of a health risk than others do, according to an Associated Press story quoting the new head of the US Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco control efforts, Mitch Zeller. Speaking at the 98th [...]
Japan Tobacco Inc’s domestic cigarette sales volume during April, at 9.6 billion, was increased by 3.2 per cent on its April 2012 volume, 9.3 billion, according to preliminary figures issued by the company today. JT’s market share stood at 60.2 per cent in April and at 59.6 per cent for the full year to the [...]
Hong Kong Customs recently confiscated property worth $18.5 million that was previously owned by the mastermind of a gang convicted in an illicit cigarette and money-laundering case, according to a 7th Space Interactive story. The case represented the first time that a confiscation order had been granted in respect of a cigarette smuggling conviction. A [...]
Reconnaissance International is to stage the Tax Stamp forum in Vienna on June 3-5. The forum is said to be the only global event of its kind, bringing together tax and custom authorities, law enforcement agencies, regulators, integrators and more than 30 specialist exhibitors to discuss the issues and problems caused by the illicit trade [...]
Altria’s board of directors yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.44 per common share, payable on July 10 to shareholders of record as of June 14. The ex-dividend date is June 12.
Net sales by the US-based electronic cigarette company, Vapor Corp, during the three months to the end of March, at about $6.4 million, were increased by $1.5 million or 31.1 per cent on those of the three months to the end of March 2012. “The first quarter of 2013 was marked by continued sales growth, [...]
A US county’s board of health has used part of the money handed to it under the Centers for Disease Control program, Communities Putting Prevention to Work, to conduct a focus group of exotic dancers. According to Jim Galloway’s Political Insider column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, referencing the Georgia Tipsheet, the website, Cause of Action, [...]
A shop owner in Boston, Lincolnshire, has been found guilty of intentionally selling ‘dangerous’ cigarettes in the first case of its kind in the UK, according to a story in the Boston Standard. The man, who was found guilty at Boston Magistrates’ Court of eight offences, including the sale of non self-extinguishing cigarettes, was ordered [...]
Jimmy Hill has been elected chairman of the board at the US Tobacco Co-operative (USTC) in succession to Albert Johnson, who had served as chairman since 2005. USTC, which is said to be the largest tobacco co-operative in the US, has more than 900 member growers in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. [...]
US tobacco manufacturers have notched up a significant courtroom victory. According to a note posted on Altria’s website, a unanimous West Virginia jury yesterday rejected all but one of the plaintiffs’ claims in a consolidated trial involving about 600 individual lawsuits against the major tobacco companies. In reaching its decision, the jury also rejected the [...]
