Tag Archives: tobacco products
Imperial signs MoU with Moldovan customs
Imperial Tobacco has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the customs authority in Moldova as part of its continuing commitment to combat illicit trade, according to an Imperial press note. ‘The MoU formalises the existing co-operation between the two parties aimed at increasing the efficiency of measures to counter the incidence of non-duty paid tobacco products,’ the note said. … Continue reading
Facts about Cigarettes
Cigarettes have been a popular social indulgence since their invention in the 1800s. Although many people smoke regularly, many find it difficult to quit before it begins damaging their health, due to the addictive aspect of cigarettes. The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. The habit was once considered to be cool, sexy, good … Continue reading
Hawaii Lawmakers Move to Hike Tobacco Tax by 70 Percent
Tobacco products could be a lot more expensive in Hawaii if some state legislators get their way. The state Senate Health Committee endorsed legislation that would increase the excise tax on tobacco to 70 percent, or $3.20 per product. The lawmakers hope the levy increase will reduce smoking and tobacco use in the state, according to the Associated Press. Senate … 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
Tobacco Outlook for 2012
For participants in CSP’s 2011 Outlook Survey, the past year has presented a supreme challenge to grow inside sales even as the national and local economies sputtered and fuel demand slumped. The annual survey, which polled 188 retailers representing thousands of convenience stores on business conditions in the past year and their plans for the next, was conducted in mid-October. … Continue reading
Seven fights tobacco ruling
CHANNEL Seven Adelaide has asked that a finding that it breached tobacco advertising rules in a 2010 news story about cheap cigarettes entering Australia be quashed. The Australian Communications and Media Authority found the broadcast breached the Broadcasting Services Act and the Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act. It found the story constituted an advertisement as it showed the names, trademarks and … Continue reading
China Kangtai Cactus to Enter German Tobacco Market
China Kangtai Cactus Biotech Inc., a vertically integrated grower, developer, manufacturer and marketer of a variety of cactus-based products in China, announced today that it has signed sales agreements with Apollo Duty Free Shop GMBH and Tobosst Duty Free Shop GMBH, two of the biggest duty-free stores in Frankfurt, to sell Kangtai’s cactus-based “Sheng Cao” cigarettes in Germany. The company … Continue reading
500,000 cigarettes for a 40-by-15 foot “Tiger Carpet”
Xu Bing, one of China’s best-known contemporary artists, didn’t think it would be hard to get materials for an exhibit about tobacco in a city whose ties to the leaf run long and deep. His installation opened over the weekend at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It explores the history, culture, and links between the tobacco industries in the … Continue reading
Sales Volume of Chinese Cigarettes Reached 1.19445 Trillion H1 of 2009, Rising by 3.6% YOY
From January to June of 2009, China sold 23.889 million chests of cigarettes (1.19445 trillion cigarettes) in total, rising by 3.6% YOY. In the first half of 2009, Chinese cigarette sales volume was increased by 841,000 chests (42.05 billion cigarettes) YOY. Compared with the same period of the last year, the growth volume was reduced by 51,000 chests and the … Continue reading
Health Minister proposes raising cigarette taxes
Minister for Health, Labor and Welfare Yoko Komiyama proposed Sept. 5 to raise taxes on cigarettes to help fund recovery from the March 11 disasters. “Last year I proposed raising cigarette taxes by 100 yen a year,” the minister told a news conference. “We’ve got all sorts of data that shows we could raise taxes up to the 700 yen … Continue reading
