Purchase approved
The Philippine Competition Commission has approved Japan Tobacco International’s acquisition of Mighty Corp. from the Wongchuking family.
Category: Breaking News
‘Deeming’ litigation continues
Nicopure Labs and R2B Smoke-Free Coalition are appealing the July 21 court ruling that rejected their challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s deeming rule.
Vaping provides no gateway
Regular electronic-cigarette use among never smokers is ‘very rare’, according to the findings of a major new study in the UK.
Flavor ban harmful
If implemented, the proposed ban on the sale of flavored tobacco-products in San Francisco would have far-reaching negative consequences.
Smoking costs unaffordable
With a 20 percent adult tobacco-smoking rate only a 2030 aspiration, China will struggle to bear the economic and social cost of the habit, some observers believe.
The die is cast
By switching from growing tobacco to indigo, US farmers will benefit from the fact that they will be paid, initially at least, on a per-acre basis.
Management board changes
The integration of British American Tobacco’s Next Generation Products unit into the main business is surely a sign that the company is serious about harm reduction.
Lives versus livelihoods
Tobacco smoking costs lives, but the tobacco industry provides livelihoods, and for an especially-large number of people in India. So how do you weigh lives against livelihoods?
A positive role for nicotine
Scientists in the US are studying whether nicotine can provide a better, more tolerable option than is currently available for treating the ‘tricky’ lung disease sarcoidosis.
Scramble for HNB sticks
It is ironic that the South Korea government is proposing to push the price of heat-not-burn sticks higher than that of traditional cigarettes because it needs additional revenue to pay for its health program.
No harm-reduction urgency
The EU Commission talks at great length about the harm caused by tobacco smoking, but seems to have no sense of urgency when it comes to reducing that harm.
Management changes
The cigar producer Oettinger Davidoff has announced the appointment of a new CEO and a new chairman.
Avoiding overproduction
The Tobacco Control Commission in Malawi has urged tobacco farmers to stick to quota.
Pujadas eyes Indonesia
Tobacco adhesives manufacturer Pujadas plans to enter Indonesia with Macro Group.
Risk continuum quantified
The relative cancer risks associated with nicotine delivery systems are, according to one study at least, largely in line with what common sense would indicate they would be.
Leaf tax to remain
Although China is soon to introduce a new law on leaf-tobacco tax, it seems that the tax, levied on buyers, is likely to remain at 20 percent.
Ban needs clarification
A tobacco-smoking ban in the outdoor areas of pubs and restaurants in the Czech Republic is apparently open to interpretation – especially as winter approaches.
No urgency to health plans
The government of Bangladesh seems to have been in no hurry to use the revenue from a tobacco surcharge to deliver a tobacco control policy.
Tax hikes recommended
It must be comforting for the financially-poor of Indonesia to know that academics are recommending that they be further pauperized in order to cure their poverty, long term.
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