Korea opts for graphic warnings
Arguments arose in South Korea over the size of proposed graphic warnings, their positioning, and even whether they were appropriate, culturally. Now the government has made its decision.
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Teenagers encouraged by warnings
There is no guarantee that listeners will interpret what they are told in a particular way and, in Australia, some small mothers-to-be take low-birth-weight messages as a positive.
Teenagers who try things, try things
Research that, on the surface, would seem to link vaping trial with later smoking, probably more likely indicates that those who tend to be drawn to new experiences are drawn to a variety of experiences.
Duty-free event registration open
Registration is open for the 2016 World Exhibition and Conference, which is due to be held at Cannes, France, in October, a little earlier in the year than the 2015 event was held.
Flextrus partners with Mediaköket
Flextrus has signed a partnership agreement with the Mediaköket Grafiska.
BAT starts work on new Korea plant
A new British American Plant in South Korea will boost the country’s cigarette export credentials while providing new jobs and a shot in the arm for the Sacheon economy.
BAT agrees to sell Malaysia plant
BAT has entered into a conditional agreement to sell its manufacturing plant in Malaysia. The plant is due to stop production towards the end of next year with the loss of about 230 jobs.
Illegal trade treaty welcomed
The first international treaty on fighting the illegal trade in tobacco has been described by an EU commissioner as a key tool in the battle against a global problem.
Graphic fall in legal trade
The implementation of graphic health warnings on cigarette packs in the Philippines seems to have had a dramatic and immediate effect.
Time for KT&G sales push in US
KT&G has increased its annual cigarette sales in the US by 13 times since it launched there in 1999, and it is still hungry for a bigger slice of the American pie.
Malawi prices said to have risen
A report from Malawi says that auction tobacco prices have started to improve, though the report gives no comparative prices; or prices of any sort.
Plain packs, plain risky
Malaysians have realized that the introduction of standardized tobacco packaging is likely further to feed the illegal cigarette trade, already gorging on a tobacco excise hike.
Plain packs, plain uncomfortable
The idea of graphic health warnings on cigarette packs seems not to sit easily with Japanese culture, as it hasn’t in some other countries in the Far East and Southeast Asia.
Essentra in profit warning
Profits could be down by roughly 4-10 percent at Essentra this year, partly because challenging market conditions are impacting its filter products.
FDA regulations threat to vaping
A recent poll in the US has indicated that almost half of vapers would return to smoking if electronic cigarettes were no longer available, an outcome threatened by new FDA rules.
EU illegal trade down in 2015
An enormous effort involving governments, law enforcement agencies, tobacco manufacturers and retailers managed last year to reduce the EU’s illegal trade in tobacco ‘marginally’.
Mauritius looking at plain packs
A smoking-prevalence fall of two percentage points in five years is not enough for Mauritius’ Health Minister, who now has his eyes set on introducing standardized packaging.
Smoke protection for 8-year-olds
Virginia, US, is introducing a law banning smoking in vehicles with youngsters eight years old or younger on board. The age limit is low in comparison with those in force in many other places, but it is in line with safety restraint laws.
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