All Tobacco articles – Page 26
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NewsIndustry reacts to Osborne's 'aspirational' Budget
Industry figures have reacted to George Osborne’s latest Budget, which maintained duty escalator rises on wine, spirits and tobacco, but scrapped the rise for beer.
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NewsASA extinguishes JTI ads attacking plain cigarette packs
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against Japan Tobacco International over an advertising campaign it ran in July 2012.
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NewsCameron: No decision yet on plain cigarette packaging
David Cameron has said no decision has yet been made on whether to enforce plain packaging on cigarettes and tobacco in the UK. Responding to a question from a cigarette packaging manufacturer at a meeting in West Yorkshire on Thursday (7 March), Cameron said: “The decision has not been taken. ...
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NewsEugene Walsh replaces Amal Pramanik at Imperial Tobacco UK
Imperial Tobacco UK has appointed Eugene Walsh to the position of UK General Manager, replacing Amal Pramanik, who will become the company’s divisional director.
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NewsGovernment plots plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco
The government is reportedly planning to use the Queen’s Speech to introduce legislation on plain packaging on tobacco products.
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NewsJTI goes below £6 with Sovereign 19-packs
JTI is launching a range of cigarettes to hit the sub-£6 price point…
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NewsImperial Tobacco gives Golden Brand Smooth a female focus
Imperial Tobacco is looking to increase its share of the fast-growing roll-your-own tobacco market…
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NewsNew Zealand latest country to introduce plain packaging on tobacco
New Zealand has become the second country after Australia to announce it will put all tobacco products in plain packaging…
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Category ReportE-cigs: safer alternative's sales are soaring
As tobacco continues to feel the heat from legislation and consumer downtrading, one market is doing very nicely…
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Category ReportTobacco - going upin smoke?
First the display ban, now rising duty, the threat of plain packs and smokers downtrading. Can the industry fight back?…
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NewsImperial Tobacco warns black market growth will hit profits
Imperial Tobacco has warned that the growing black market cigarette trade in Europe will dent its profits, despite witnessing a modest rise in tobacco sales in the first quarter of its financial year.
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NewsBAT hires former White House physician as non-exec
A former White House medic has joined British American Tobacco as non-executive director.
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NewsPhilip Morris rebrands Bright Leaf to distiguish it from Marlboro
Philip Morris is rebranding its Marlboro Bright Leaf range as simply Bright Leaf this month.
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Analysis & FeaturesA great year for sport. A washout for grocery...
Exhilarating highs. Crashing lows. With the Jubilee and Olympics on the cards, everyone expected 2012 to be a year of extremes…
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Category Report
Tobacco: Display ban sees smokers downtrading
In a year in which the tobacco display ban finally arrived – in England, at least – the prevailing trend in the market…
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Comment & Opinion
The plain cigarette pack debate... and the Jody Scheckter row
Sir: MSR Newsgroup CEO Mick Garton states that standardised tobacco packaging could put him out of business….
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NewsBAT director Cobben exits in December
British American Tobacco’s regional director for Western Europe, Mark Cobben, is stepping down in December….
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NewsJTI rolls out addition to Amber Leaf roll-up line-up
Japan Tobacco International will tomorrow launch a new addition to its Amber Leaf rolling tobacco brand.
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Comment & Opinion
The Saturday Essay: why plain packaging lacks all sense
Plain packaging could put me, and many others like me, out of business….
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NewsJTI says it's too soon to celebrate fall in illicit tobacco
A leading tobacco manufacturer is warning that a fall in the illicit tobacco market will be short-lived….