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European Tobacco to produce French cigarettes 

European Tobacco Baku (ETB) has reached a deal with Seita of France to produce two brands of the French company's cigarettes in Azerbaijan, ETB Chairman Rufat Guliyev told journalists. "A temporary contract has been signed with the French company to produce Gitanes and Gauloises cigarettes, which are currently being delivered in a limited quantity of 1,000 to 10,000 packs in order to test the market,"

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European Tobacco Baku to make French cigarettes 

European Tobacco Baku (ETB) has reached a deal with Seita of France to produce two brands of the French company's cigarettes in Azerbaijan, ETB Chairman Rufat Guliev told the press on Friday.

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Development Of Tobacco-cultivation In Spotlight 

A meeting dedicated to results of work implemented towards creation the base of the high-quality tobacco raw materials, determination of the activity directions for the next year.

As it was noted at the meeting attended by representatives of Ministries of Economic Development, Agriculture, tobacco processing enterprises and farmers, the meeting is the resulting event dedicated to the issues of tobacco development in the region in the current year. The organizing committee for coordinating works aimed at developing the tobacco sector in Shaki was formed in one of the enterprises in October. After testing the gathered production in the "European Tobacco - Baku", the company will order a consignment of tobacco.

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Meeting on Topical Problems of tobacco growing In Azerbaijan Held 

Today, the Organizational Committee (OC) under the European Tobacco Baku (ETB) Company discussed the results of activities aimed at developing the tobacco growing industry of Azerbaijan next year.

Faig Guliyev, Chairman of OC, said the committee formed this year has held seminars with farmers and representatives of the tobacco fermentation factories in the 11 districts, where tobacco is grown. The Tobacco Growing book was published and radio programs on tobacco growing were broadcast. Cooperation was arranged with the Agriculture Academy of Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijan Collected 3,500 Tons Of Tobacco By October 2003 

The tobacco crop increased twice against the same period of 2002. 23/10/2003 13:40

The tobacco fields covered 1,980 hectares

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Production of Cigarettes Decreased By 87.5% in Azerbaijan 

Azerbaijan made 218.4 million cigarettes in the first quarter of 2003. Almost 50% of them, i.e. 107 million cigarettes were made in March.

European Tobacco-Baku (ETB), i.e. the only authorized cigarette producer in Azerbaijan explains the fall with the lack of the subsidiary raw material, i.e. paper, filters. The amount of the ready product stored in the warehouses has decreased from 2,094.6 million to 1,586.2 million cigarettes this year.

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Tobacco, alcohol licensing changed 

The Baku department for commerce and consumption has told Azernews that a license will be effective for five years and cost 605,000 manats as opposed to previous indicators of two years and 275,000 manats accordingly.

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Interfax: EUROPEAN TOBACCO BAKU TO ISSUE $2 MLN IN BONDS 

European Tobacco Baku of Azerbaijan, a division of European Tobacco Inc., plans to offer $2 million worth of bonds this year, said an executive at the International Bank of Azerbaijan, the underwriter of the issue.

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Lung cancer victim pleads for fresh air 

A non-smoker with lung cancer has called for a ban on smoking in all confined spaces, within his lifetime, to save him from dying in vain.

Aucklander David Simm told a parliamentary committee that his life-threatening condition "could have been averted if smoking had been banned in work places many years ago".

He urged MPs considering a proposal to toughen the smoke-free legislation with restrictions, such as separate smoking areas in bars, to go further and urgently pass laws banning smoking in all confined places.

"Every day this is delayed somebody else has died without knowing it is going to be fixed, and that to me is the pits.

"If you are a non-smoker and you get lung cancer and you know nothing is being done about it ... you are going to say they didn't do anything, and that is something I don't want to die thinking," Mr Simm told MPs.

He was convinced people underestimated the threat of passive smoking and that those even smelling smoke were at risk. . .

He told MPs he was certain his disease was caused by passive smoking.

"My working environment for 30 years was the smoko room, which is known as the cafeteria these days, for most of that time with uncontrolled smoking and that was just the norm. We didn't know any better, I guess."

When the Smokefree Amendment Act came into force in 1990, workplaces were still slow to change and smokers ignored the law. . .

Mr Simm was one of a number of people who made submissions at the committee hearing yesterday.

Parliament is considering the Smokefree Environment (Enhanced Protection) Amendment Bill and a further series of changes proposed by the last Government in a supplementary order paper. If passed into law bars, restaurants and casinos would have to provide enclosed smoking rooms with separate ventilation systems or become entirely smoke-free.

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Investors Reopen Azerbaijan's Sole Tobacco Plant 

Investors in the sole tobacco plant in the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan reopened the plant on Tuesday after spending $50 million on its modernization.

European Tobacco Inc. won a 92.5 percent stake in the tobacco factory last August through voucher and cash auctions of the company's shares.

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Azerbaijan ups state control on spirits, tobacco 

Azerbaijan President Haydar Aliyev has signed a decree strengthening the state's control over the production, sale and import of spirits and tobacco, the presidential press service said on Tuesday.

The decree establishes import quotas for cigarettes and a variety of alcoholic drinks.

It also forbids the sale of alcohol and tobacco from kiosks, cars and in the streets and only allows these goods to be sold in shops, strengthening an existing decree that was signed in 1996.

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Azerbaijan limits alcohol and tobacco sales, imports 

Azerbaijan's president Haydar Aliyev has signed a decree strengthening state control over the production, sale and import of spirits and tobacco, the presidential press service said on Monday.

The decree, published on Saturday, establishes import quotas for cigarettes and a variety of alcoholic drinks.

It also limits sale of alcohol and tobacco to shops.

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