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Philip Morris Says Australia Plain-Pack Law Violates Treaty
June 27 (Bloomberg) — Philip Morris International Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company, said an Australian proposal requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packages violates a treaty with Hong Kong and may cause billions of dollars in damages. The maker of Marlboro and Peter Jackson cigarettes said it served the government with a notice of claim stating … Continue reading
Kent Cigarettes
Kent is a brand of cigarettes. Kent’s Micronite filter was introduced shortly after the publication of a series of articles in Reader’s Digest in 1952 entitled “Cancer by the Carton,” that scared American consumers into seeking out a filter brand at a time when most brands were filterless. (Viceroy cigarettes had been the first to introduce filters, in 1936.) From … Continue reading
Why Haven’t Tobacco Brands Lit Up On Facebook?
Major tobacco companies would fire up Facebook pages if New Zealand stubs out cigarette advertising. That’s the gist of a New Zealand Ministry of Health report called “Better Retail Controls On Tobacco,” written by the agency’s Deputy Director General Margie Apa. According to the 19-page report: There is also a risk that tobacco companies will divert their marketing efforts into … Continue reading
Cigarette makers sue over ad ban
The nation’s three biggest tobacco companies are taking aim at part of a new Worcester antismoking ordinance that would dramatically limit advertising of tobacco products. The citywide ban would prohibit any signs visible from the street that entice buyers to purchase specific cigarette brands like Marlboro or Camel, or tobacco products. Retailers would be allowed to advertise only that they … Continue reading
Camel Cigarettes
Camel is a brand of cigarettes that was introduced by American company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in the summer of 1913. Most current Camel cigarettes contain a blend of Turkish tobacco and Virginia tobacco. Early in 2008 the blend was changed as was the package design. Camel cigarettes were originally blended to have a milder taste in contrast to brands that, … Continue reading
Altria Group Still Has Upside
The Altria Group (MO) is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes, certain smokeless products and wine within the United States. MO has a number of entities, namely Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. In addition, the company held a 27.3% stake in the second-largest brewer SABMiller (SBMRY.PK). The company made a spin-off … Continue reading
Winston Cigarettes
Winston cigarettes are manufactured by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company or its newer incarnation as RJR Nabisco and/or its affiliates. The brand was introduced in 1954, and became the best-selling brand of cigarettes in the United States. It held the Number 1 spot from 1966 to 1972, thanks to the successful marketing slogan “Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.” In … Continue reading
Now tobacco can save us from mobsters, whores, terrorists…
A SHORT film that appears to be based on a John le Carre spy novel – think people smugglers, prostitutes, terrorists – is the latest salvo in the tobacco industry’s battle against federal government plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes. According to the seven-minute film by British American Tobacco, the proposal will cause organised crime gangs to flourish, encouraging … Continue reading
Tobacco giant wants to ship more PHL products
Having captured 92 percent of the Philippine cigarette market, Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Inc. (PMFTC) on Monday bared plans to maximize the capacity of its Batangas plant by exporting more of the company’s products. “The company believes it has satisfied the local demand. It is now focusing on increasing the export of excess production to other affiliates in the world,” … Continue reading
LD Cigarettes
LD (short for Liggett Ducat, the original manufacturer) is a brand of cigarette owned by Japan Tobacco. It was first launched in Russia in 1999 and quickly became Russia’s number one cigarette brand. Liggett Ducat was bought by the Gallaher Group in 2000, which in turn was acquired by JTI in 2007. According to the JTI website, the brand is … Continue reading
