Tag Archives: tobacco companies
Tobacco giants fume at Australia’s plans for unbranded cigarette packets
World’s big four firms take fight against unbranded packs to high court as Australia moves to toughen anti-smoking laws. They have been responsible for some of the most famous advertising and marketing campaigns in history, but this week the world’s big four tobacco companies found themselves on the back foot. In a global test case, they went to Australia’s highest … Continue reading
Plain packs will make smoking history
Stripping cigarette packs of their colourful exteriors and forcing them to be sold in plain packaging could prove fatal for the global tobacco industry. Who says so? No less an authority than Tobacco Journal International, the self-styled “leading international trade publication for executives in the world of tobacco”. One of its front covers in 2008 said simply: “Plain packaging can … Continue reading
Chinese primary schools sponsored by tobacco firms
The schools often bear the names of Chinese cigarette brands, such as Zhongnanhai or Liqun, over their gates and in some cases have slogans in the playground. “Talent comes from hard work – Tobacco helps you become talented,” says one slogan, in foot-high gilt letters, on the front of the Sichuan Tobacco Hope Primary School. The school, which was built … Continue reading
FDA Defends Graphic Labels against Cigarette Companies’ Lawsuit
Responding to a lawsuit filed by five of the nation’s largest cigarette manufacturers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration filed Friday to block any delay to new regulations requiring graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. The tobacco companies are suing the agency in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming that the new labels cross the line from … Continue reading
Tobacco giants tell Whitehall to hand over its secret minutes
The tobacco industry is targeting the Department of Health to extract information about meetings between government officials and researchers who are investigating the public-health implications of new smoking policies. One leading tobacco company has asked for – and been given access to – the minutes of a confidential meeting between health department officials, cancer experts and foreign government officials – … Continue reading
Tobacco companies just keep on trying
Tobacco companies are back in court trying to prevent the government from imposing new regulations that will require bold warning labels on cigarette packages and advertisements. They lost a similar federal lawsuit in tobacco-friendly Kentucky last year. Now they are suing in U.S. District Court in Washington. The Food and Drug Administration gained the authority to regulate tobacco products under … Continue reading
Cigarette Manufacturers Declare War on FDA
Two months ago, the Food and Drug Administration launched a campaign of “shock and ewww!” against America’s cigarette manufacturers. Beginning on September 22, 2012, the FDA will start slapping anti-smoking posters across the top half of every cigarette pack in the nation. These are shocking, disturbing pictures — pictures of smokers breathing through tracheotomy holes in their necks, of a … Continue reading
Smokers won’t quit over images
The Irish Tobacco Manufacturers’ Advisory Committee (ITMAC) made the claim as it emerged five tobacco firms plan to sue the US Food and Drug administration (FDA) over a new law that will force them to place graphic health warnings on cigarette packets. The firms in question, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco, Commonwealth Brands, Liggett Group and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco … Continue reading
5 tobacco companies sue FDA over new graphic cigarette warnings
Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies sued the federal government Tuesday over new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and a picture of diseased lungs, saying the warnings violate their free speech rights and will cost millions of dollars to print. The companies, led by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Co., said … Continue reading
Tobacco Companies Look to Innovation to Boost Sales
Capsule filter technology and packaging NPDs For BAT, innovation is currently focused on capsule filter technology and packaging to offer improved freshness. By the end of 2010, capsules have been rolled out in about half of BAT’s main markets while the ‘Reloc’ resealable pack was used in all the main Dunhill markets. Cigarettes with capsule technology allow smokers to change … Continue reading
