The tobacco industry has been accused by many of using flavored tobacco cigarettes to deceive young smokers. However many other countries indirectly support flavored tobacco cigarettes. Admittedly the worldwide campaign against cigarette smoking has caused significant damage to the once strong big tobacco market. However the tobacco industry has not rested from inventing new ways [...]
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The Making Of The Safe Cigarette And Its Purpose
Extensive research has been made on the production of the safe cigarette to come out with a product that can equal or even surpass the use of the traditional one. Many factors are to be considered to come out with a safe cigarette, in the real sense of the word. They basis of the making [...]
Tobacco companies accused of promoting cigarette brands online
Pro-tobacco content on Facebook and YouTube is glamorising smoking among the young, warn health groups Leading health organisations have expressed alarm at how the internet is being used to promote smoking. Tobacco companies deny using the online world to market their brands, but there is mounting concern that social networking sites are glamorising smoking, especially [...]
U.S. FDA – more on “Substantial Equivalence” Reports for Tobacco Products.
January 14, 2018 – Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act. From the FDA Law Blog. Last week, FDA released Agency’s first guidance for tobacco product manufacturers concerning the introduction of “new” tobacco products. The guidance was issued in final form since some manufacturers will need it to help them submit reports to FDA over [...]
Options for Malawi tobacco growers
“Africa has got the environment to grow whatever it wants to grow; it doesn’t have to be tobacco. Where you grow tobacco you can grow some other profitable commodities as well.” – Dr Monty Jones, Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa This BBC Radio story follows up the COP-4 decision to approve guidelines [...]
ASH-UK warns on tobacco in shops
ASH UK is pleased that the Secretary of State acknowledges that tobacco packaging is used to recruit new smokers and his commitment to consult on plain packaging. However, this should not stand in the way of the implementation of measures already on the statute books to put tobacco out of sight in shops. READ THE [...]
Small Cigarette Packs Invade Bulgarian Market
The international cigarette maker “Marlboro” will introduce on the Bulgarian market cigarette boxes with 10 pieces each, instead of the common 20. The information is listed in the tobacco products registry of the Finance Ministry. The brands “Red” and “Gold” will cost BGN 2.70 compared to BGN 5.20 for the 20-pack. “Philip Morris Bulgaria” told [...]
Regional re-organisation and management changes
British American Tobacco is proposing to reduce the number of Regions in its management structure from five to four with effect from 1st January 2018. As a result, a new region will be formed, Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (EEMEA). The Group’s Asia-Pacific and Americas Regions will remain unchanged, as will the Western Europe [...]
Tobacco firms’ use of YouTube probed
The tobacco industry may be using websites such as YouTube to get around a ban on advertising cigarettes, a study says. Researchers in New Zealand studied the video-sharing site and found a number of pro-tobacco videos “consistent with indirect marketing activity by tobacco companies or their proxies”.They say governments should consider regulating such content on [...]
Chewing Tobacco Maker Agrees To $5M Settlement
The maker of Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died of mouth cancer in what is believed to be the first wrongful-death settlement won from a chewing tobacco company. A legal expert said the case could open the door for more lawsuits against [...]