By the sound of advance publicity, an upcoming report from Human Rights Watch is going to make uncomfortable reading for the tobacco industry.Read More
With production expected to come in 14 percent under demand, tobacco is predicted to attract high prices in Malawi.Read More
In the US, where the market is queen; it seems bizarre that a government agency should interfere with the formulation of a consumer product to make it less attractive.Read More
Research has shown that vapor doesn’t discolor teeth in the way that smoke does. Presumably the same would hold for pub ceilings and extravagant facial hair.Read More
The secretariat of the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and others, have been strongly criticised over their attitude to child-labor issues.Read More
The average price paid to Zimbabwe’s growers for flue-cured tobacco during the first day of sales was less than one percent up on that of the opening-day price of the 2017 selling season.Read More
Denmark’s oldest independent tobacco manufacturer, House of Oliver Twist, is being acquired by Swedish Match.Read More
In reply to an elderly person's question about the nature of jazz, Thomas 'Fats' Waller reportedly said: “… if you don't know by now, don't mess with it”. Ditto premium cigars.Read More
As part of its investigations into the effects of vaping, PMI is developing novel in vitro methods for toxicity testing using human cells.Read More
In putting forward the case for smokeless tobacco, a company in New Zealand has made the point that there is a need ‘to remove the stigma that cigarettes have on tobacco’. Read More
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