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Cancer Research UK steps up lobbying for plain cig packs

Cancer Research UK has stepped up its efforts to lobby for plain tobacco packaging claiming non-branded packs are a strong deterrent for smokers, but tobacco firm JTI disputes the evidence given by the charity.
Marketing Week (uk)
added Apr 26, 2013 11:37
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Japan Tobacco Forecast Record Net as Sales Rise; Shares Jump

Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914), the world’s best-performing cigarette maker this year, raised its projected annual dividend by 35 percent after forecasting record profit on increasing overseas sales and a weaker yen. The shares climbed to a record. Net incom
Bloomberg News
added Apr 26, 2013 06:42
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[Malaysia] JTI worried about impact of illegal cigarette sales, cheaper local brands

JT International Bhd (JTI) is expecting the industry to "remain extremely challenging" this year due to the continued sale of illegal cigarettes and the impact from certain local brands being sold below the Government-mandated minimum cigarette price. Th
The Star (my)
added Apr 26, 2013 05:57
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[Australia, UK] EDITORIAL: It's time to quit

The cynical lobbying of the tobacco companies—and their renewed attempts to sway public opinion with misleading advertising—to continue to market a substance that is known to be a leading cause of cancer should not be tolerated. Enough is enough, it's ti
The Lancet (uk)
added Apr 25, 2013 12:40
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Japan Tobacco Expects Record Full-Year Profit

Japan Tobacco Inc. 2914.TO +1.01% said Thursday it expects to chalk up record profits for the current business year ending March 2014, aided by a solid performance of its overseas business and the yen's weakness.
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
added Apr 25, 2013 10:44
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Japan Tobacco Profit Forecast Beats Estimates as Sales Gain (1)

Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914), the world’s best-performing cigarette maker this year, forecast a record profit that beat analyst estimates and raised its projected annual dividend by 35 percent on rising overseas sales and a weaker yen.
Business Week/Bloomberg
added Apr 25, 2013 10:33
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TCI Trumpets Investment in Japan Tobacco

TCI, which manages more than $9 billion, invested in the tobacco company in summer 2011. It has since more than doubled. “It is one of our most successful investments in recent years, a turnaround investment,” said Veldhuijzen, a partner and analyst at t
Wall Street Journal Blogs
added Apr 22, 2013 20:11
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[Ireland] Financial Times: Belarus supplies smuggled cigarettes in the UK

Cigarette factories in Belarus and Ukraine have also been pinpointed by customs officials as selling to criminal gangs, who smuggle them into the EU. Greece has become a popular route for tobacco smugglers recently as its borders are porous because of th
Charter'97 Press Center (by)
added Apr 18, 2013 12:16
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[Eastern Europe, Europe, Ireland, UK] Smokers turning more to illicit tobacco ($$)

The number of cigarettes smoked in the UK that have not had duty paid on them leapt nearly two-thirds in 2012, according to a report by KPMG on behalf of Philip Morris International, the tobacco company.
Financial Times (uk)
added Apr 17, 2013 18:09
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'Nearly 30 per cent' of cigarettes sold in Ireland last year were illegal

The Illicit Tobacco Review 2012, by JTI Ireland, says the increase in illicit sales – which it estimates stood at 28.2 per cent of all cigarettes last year – was the result of combined excise and VAT increases introduced in Budget 2011.
The Journal.ie (ie)
added Apr 17, 2013 14:24
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