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WTO Backs Australian Plain Packaging Laws

The World Trade Organization has upheld Australia’s right to impose plain-package label restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, two people clos...

All Branding To Be Removed From Tobacco Packs From September

All forms of branding – trademarks, logos, colours and graphics – are to be removed from tobacco packs from the 30th September 2017, according...

15% Of Cigarettes Consumed In Ireland Come From Illicit Trade: KPMG

New research by KPMG has revealed that 15% of cigarettes consumed in Ireland in 2015 came from the illicit trade, marking a second year of growth in a row...

Minister For Health Signs Tobacco Products Directive Into Law

The European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016 came into force today, Friday May 20 2016, when ne...

Tobacco Companies React To ECJ Ruling On Tobacco Products Directive

Two major tobacco firms have issued statements in relation to the European Court of Justice’s ruling that the Tobacco Products Directive doesn’...

BAT Revenue Beats Estimates as Cigarette Maker Raises Prices

British American Tobacco Plc, the maker of Lucky Strike and Pall Mall cigarettes, reported nine-month revenue growth that beat analysts’ estimates as...

Philip Morris Tops Profit Estimates, Helped by Higher Prices

Philip Morris International Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company, topped quarterly profit estimates and raised the low end of it...