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E-cigarettes: a US$2 billion global industry – who should be worried?

but it’s hard not to notice the current swirl of interest in and bombastic big-upping of this niche category’s prospects, now worth in excess of $US2 billion globally (about the size of the global small cigars market), according to Euromonitor Internation
finchannel.com (The FINANCIAL) (ge)
added Nov 24, 2012 18:49
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[South Africa, Zimbabwe] Hijackers bleed cigar exporters

ZIMBABWE is investigating possible industrial espionage amid reports that South African tobacco firms are hiring hijackers to pounce on export cigarette consignments in transit to that country. In the past year or so, indigenous producers exporting to So
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Nov 24, 2012 18:29
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[South Africa, Zimbabwe] Police probe industrial espionage

POLICE yesterday confirmed that they were investigating possible industrial espionage involving more than R100 million worth of cigarettes amid revelations that a South African company, Forensic Security Services, accused of spying on local manufacturers
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Nov 24, 2012 18:26
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[South Africa, Zimbabwe] Hijackings an inside job — Chihuri

The suspected industrial espionage in which South African companies reportedly hire hijackers to steal export cigarette consignments in transit is an inside job by local tobacco companies, Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has said. He made t
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Nov 24, 2012 18:24
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[South Africa, Zimbabwe] BAT-sucked in alleged industrial espionage

BAT works with Forensic Security Services, a firm of private detectives, in carrying out corporate espionage on the continent. This confirms investigations by The Herald that Tobacco Institute of Southern Africa contracted Forensic Security Services to sp
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Nov 24, 2012 18:18
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[Germany] And on Your Left, Behind Those Walls, Lobbyists Are at Work

Timo Lange, right, a campaigner for LobbyControl, with his tour group at the building in Berlin that houses the tobacco lobby.
New York Times
added Nov 23, 2012 21:22
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[California, Pennsylvania] ZIMMERMAN: Soda tax foes reek of tobacco

Consider Philadelphia's recent good news on smoking, which has plummeted . . . Listen closely to the soda companies, and you'll hear the same arguments that the cigarette industry made: a tax wouldn't reduce consumption; it would infringe on individual
Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer
added Nov 23, 2012 17:43
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[Philippines] DOLE1 to establish good labor practices in tobacco industry

The Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Office I DOLE 1) conducted recently a dialogue with the officers of the Industrial Tripartite Council-Tobacco Industry (ITCTI) to establish good labor practices which would lead eventually to voluntary compl
PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY (ph)
added Nov 23, 2012 11:58
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Tobacco industry claims on cigarette packaging are nonsense

Claims that replacing alluring designs on cigarette packs with a plain standardised look will increase illegal tobacco production are baseless - according to a new report published today (Friday) by an international expert. Evidence in the report - alr
HealthCanal.com
added Nov 23, 2012 11:30
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[South Africa] THOM: Nothing good about tobacco

The tobacco industry usually argues that these accommodations are needed because smoke-free laws hurt business. In reality, and contrary to industry arguments, bars and restaurants have thrived in smoke-free countries and cities across the world
Health-E (za)
added Nov 23, 2012 11:23
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