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[Europe] Poland opposes EU menthol and slim cigarettes ban

In spite of the Health Ministry's reference to 90,000 deaths in Poland per year as a result of smoking-related diseases, the opinions of the other ministries proved decisive. The Ministry of Agriculture outlined that Poland is the largest exporter of t
Polskie Radio (pl)
added Jan 31, 2013 13:30
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Marlboro Box Defaced in Australia Where Future Is Now

the future of cigarette packs is on display in Australia, and it’s not that pretty: large, graphic images of gangrenous limbs and cancer victims, with brand names printed in a uniform font on a background legally defined as “drab dark brown.”
Bloomberg News
added Oct 5, 2012 14:11
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Do Big Cigarette Taxes Hurt Big Tobacco?

One reason for the growth is expansion in developing markets in Asia and Africa, but the other reason, more important for the analysis of sales in the United States, is that excise taxes actually boost profits. “We are in a unique position where consumers
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
added Jan 23, 2013 17:10
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Mild at Heart? Japan Tobacco’s ‘Mevius’ Brand To Replace Mild Seven

with great fanfare Japan Tobacco Inc. 2914.TO +0.04% on Wednesday said it is changing the name of its flagship Mild Seven cigarette brand to one that better suits its ambition of toppling Marlboro as the world’s favorite smoke.
Wall Street Journal Blogs
added Aug 8, 2012 13:59
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[Asia-pacific, China] The Future of the Global Tobacco Industry: 1 Billion Smokers in 2050, Reports Euromonitor

CBS MarketWatch
added May 15, 2012 11:13
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Philip Morris to Begin Next Round of Studies for New Products

--Philip Morris this year will kick off round of studies for new tobacco products --Consumers showing greater willingness to try alternatives to conventional cigarettes
Dow Jones News Service
added Feb 20, 2013 17:18
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[Europe] Cigarette packs to have bigger health warnings

We spoke to Frederic Vincent, an EU health spokesman and asked him weren't the warnings already on packets enough? We want to go further. We’re aiming at 75% of the pack by 2015-2016.
RUVR Voice of Russia (ru)
added Dec 26, 2012 01:42
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[Australia, Uruguay] Treaty Shopping: How Philip-Morris Cherry-Picked Worst Case BITs

a closer look reveals a broad collection of older treaties that do not contain exceptions in modern treaties that could have avoided this situation. As a multinational-enterprise, Philip-Morris has attempted to evade these exceptions by going through sub
infojustice.org (Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property - American University Washington College of Law)
added Dec 3, 2012 00:04
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[Australia] Tobacco giant won't quit fight on plain packaging

BIG tobacco company Philip Morris has been forced to release documents relating to a stoush with the federal government, after taking its fight against the government's plain-packaging legislation to an offshore court.
Canberra (ACT) Times (au)
added Jan 19, 2013 18:23
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[Balkans, Germany, Serbia] Bosnia to extradite major suspected Balkan tobacco-smuggler

Bosnia will extradite to Germany Srecko Kestner, believed to have been a crucial figure in multi-billion-dollar cigarette smuggling in the Balkans, a spokeswoman in Sarajevo told the German press agency dpa Thursday.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (dpa) (de)
added Oct 14, 2012 16:26
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