Published on March 10th, 2016 00:00

Tobacco Manufacturers to Fight Plain Packaging

Four giant cigarette manufacturers will take part in a High Court fight over legislation that, as it stands, will demand cigarettes to be sold in plain packages by May next year, in accordance with a story by Ben Martin for the Electronic Telegraph.British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Mo ...

Published on January 14th, 2016 00:00

Marlboro Packages Adjust to Plain Pack Rules

Philip Morris had its new Marlboro packing expecting in the wings. It had been released in France last year. The new styles were thus launched in the UK only one week after the UK government signed off on suggestions to present plain packaging of cigarettes. Marlboro Red, Gold, Silver Blue, Ice Blast and White Menthol will all be ...

Published on November 4th, 2015 00:00

Lorillard Becomes a subsidiary of Reynolds American

Reynolds American (RAI) on Friday accomplished its purchase of Lorillard and, in doing so, ‘considerably increased, balanced and diversified’ its brand portfolio. Resulting from the purchase, Lorillard is currently a totally owned branch of RAI, and former Lorillard shareholders will own around 15 % of RAI’s commo ...

Published on June 17th, 2015 00:00

British American Tobacco Korea Decided to Stop Selling Lucky Strike

British American Tobacco (BAT) Korea, the second major tobacco company in Korea, made a decision to halt sales of Lucky Strike, its most well known brand, so as to concentrate on the sales of its other popular cigarettes like Dunhill and Kent.Cigarette makers are halting the sale of not so popular products because of latest difficul ...

Published on January 22nd, 2015 00:00

Women Branded Cigarettes

With limitations on cigarette advertisements and the forthcoming guidelines for plain packaging, the industry is looking for new means to get to the public and future customers. When Kate Moss walked down a Parisian stage with a cigarette, for Louis Vuitton on No Smoking Day, this was commonly perceived as a concept that smoking was ...

Published on December 1st, 2014 00:00

British American Tobacco Presented iPad Application

British American Tobacco (BAT) has reported the release of an iPad application of its Science and Technology Report 2014. ‘The present report – considered the first of its kind in the worldwide tobacco industry – offers an guide of not only BAT’s present research work in tobacco damage decrease but furthermore ...

Published on September 9th, 2014 00:00

Types of Cigarette Filters

The first cigarette filter was developed by Boris Aivaz in 1925, even so before 1930s all smoking product were sold without filter caused by the absence of proper equipment. Cigarettes can be used both with and without filter. Filters are known to minimize the level of hazardous ingredients that you breather during the smoking proces ...

Published on July 25th, 2014 00:00

Major Tobacco Production Countries

Asia, with around 60 %, is the leading tobacco production place followed by China with only 36 %. The shares of India, South America, and generally Africa have not stopped rising. The share of Europe has declined and that of the US persisted at the same level.Cigarette makers generally use local tobaccos; even so, approximately 30 % ...

Published on May 12th, 2014 00:00

Does Philip Morris Profits Demonstrate Great Results?

Philip Morris International (PMI) launch its quarterly survey, and shareholders have been striving for continuing decreases in sales that are likely to deliver profits boost to a standstill in the foreseeable future. The major issue for Philip Morris investors is that the company is missing its benefits over U.S. cigarette makers as ...

Published on March 17th, 2014 00:00

Bigger Tobacco Taxes Do Not Stop Smokers from Lighting Up

It shouldn't amaze anybody that increasing taxes on tobacco products results in an even bigger underground market for smoking products. It is just economics. However, a completely new research conducted by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and U.S. based Reason Foundation affirms the following: when taxes increase, cigarette seizures ...

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