Mongolia to pass smoking ban

A majority of Mongolians like smoking cigarettes while drinking beer or after a big meal. However, Parliament adopted a strict anti-smoking legislation last week. The new legislation prohibits smoking in all public places, especially bars, restaurants, office buildings, playgrounds, parks. It as well regards to common places in hotels, although some hotel floors will still

Farmers oppose tobacco control framework

Tobacco farmers have expressed their opinion about the acceptance of Framework Convention Tobacco Control (FCTC) suggestions by World Health Organisation, stating the measure would deprive farmers of their resource of livelihood as it did not offer them an alternative. On October 25, Kashtkar Coordination Council (KCC) and Kisan Board said that the principal point of

BAT Nine-Month Cigarette Shipments Fall on Europe and Brazil

British American Tobacco Plc, the biggest tobacco company in Europe, reported that shipments dropped during the first nine months of the year due to lower cigarette consumption in Brazil and Western Europe. The amount of cigarettes marketed decreased to 517 billion from 523 billion in 2011. Shipments in Western Europe dropped 5%, whilst volume declined

Philip Morris: Declining Cigarette Volumes Don’t Threaten Cash Flows to Shareholders

Philip Morris revealed third quarter earnings, excluding excise taxes, of $7.9 billion, which are down 5.3 percent on the year. Excluding unfavorable currency effects and effect from purchases, profits increased 3.4 percent on the year. Cigarette volumes dropped 1.3 percent on the year, resulting from weakness in Europe. On average, analysts predicted the company to

Farmers find tobacco growing financially more rewarding

In spite of controversies around the tobacco cultivation, growers in Bangladesh consider it to be financially more profitable than other crops, as outlined by a review released lately by the Policy Research Institute (PRI). The mean income of tobacco farmers is close to 30 per cent higher than non-tobacco farmers, the review stated mostly based

JTI launch next phase against plain packaging proposals

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is starting the second stage of its strategy to boost awareness of the possible effect of plain packaging suggestions. This stage of the campaign is centered on how the illicit trade could blossom, how small companies could be influenced by yet more inadequate regulation and the probable effect on the economy

Santa Quits Smoking in New Edition of Best-Selling Christmas Classic

A fresh release of the classic children’s book, Twas The Night Before Christmas, is being published amidst controversy. Child advocate Pamela McColl has published records of Santa smoking a pipe, something he has been doing for 189 years. This record raises the question: Are people required to change a best-selling institution, particularly when in doing

Marlboro Box Defaced in Australia Where Future Is Now

The future of cigarette packages is on display in Australia, and it’s not that attractive: big, graphic pictures of gangrenous limbs and cancer victims, with brand names printed out in a standard font on a background officially identified as “drab dark brown.” Tobacco products corresponding to the world’s first plain packaging rules have begun coming

Spain plans New Year curbs on frontier tobacco

New finances of Spain contain a measure to crack down on low-level cigarette smuggling from Gibraltar by reducing existing cigarette allowances. The finances will slice the amount of cigarettes that frontier workers and residents of the Campo can take in Spain in the course of any given month by over half. According to the legislation

Value of the worldwide tobacco market continues to grow

Global marketplace The worldwide tobacco market is appreciated at around £450 billion and the industry creates about 5.5 trillion cigarettes per year. While cigarette sales in developed countries keep on to drop a little bit year on year, total global market drops are demonstrating signs of moderating. Current developments reveal that individual smokers will consume