InterSupply/InterTabac: 2022’s Most Anticipated Exhibitions

It's the comeback of the year, with over 600 exhibitors presenting their products once more at InterSupply and InterTabac in Dortmund on 15 and 17 September. Read more

Foreign Cigarettes on Sale in North Korea

Despite the nation's rigorous pandemic border restrictions, foreign-brand cigarettes can still be bought in the capital of North Korea, according to images recently received by NK News. Read more

FDA's New Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee Chairperson

Cristine Delnevo, director of the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies and a professor of health behavior, society and policy at the Rutgers School of Public Health, was appointed chairperson of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ... Read more

Cigar Association Opposes FDA Flavored Cigar Ban

The Cigar Association of America (CAA) filed comments opposing the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposed flavored cigar ban, saying FDA's own data show that underage usage of flavored cigars – the main rationale for the proposal... Read more

Tobacco Asia Podcast #12

Packaging materials and paper notably use many resources and the processing can contribute to environmental degradation. Our guest is Liem Khe Fung, innovations director at BMJ (Bukit Maria Jaya)... Read more

Tobacco Asia Podcast #12

Packaging materials and paper notably use many resources and the processing can contribute to environmental degradation. Our guest is Liem Khe Fung, innovations director at BMJ (Bukit Maria Jaya)... Read more

Aug 13, 2022 11:43 PMNews

Cigar Association Opposes FDA Flavored Cigar Ban

The Cigar Association of America (CAA) filed comments opposing the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposed flavored cigar ban, saying FDA's own data show that underage usage of flavored cigars – the main rationale for the proposal... Read more

Aug 13, 2022 11:56 PMNews

World Tobacco Asia: The Countdown is On

World Tobacco Asia returns to Surabaya, Indonesia on September 7-8, 2022 - the first major tobacco event to take place in the region for over three years. Read more

Aug 14, 2022 12:18 AMSponsored ContentNews

FDA's New Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee Chairperson

Cristine Delnevo, director of the Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies and a professor of health behavior, society and policy at the Rutgers School of Public Health, was appointed chairperson of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ... Read more

Aug 14, 2022 12:27 AMNews

Foreign Cigarettes on Sale in North Korea

Despite the nation's rigorous pandemic border restrictions, foreign-brand cigarettes can still be bought in the capital of North Korea, according to images recently received by NK News. Read more

Aug 14, 2022 12:38 AMNews

InterSupply/InterTabac: 2022’s Most Anticipated Exhibitions

It's the comeback of the year, with over 600 exhibitors presenting their products once more at InterSupply and InterTabac in Dortmund on 15 and 17 September. Read more

Aug 14, 2022 1:17 AMNews

Philippines: Drafting Rules/Regs for New Vape Law

The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is drafting Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation Act, which lapsed into law on July. Read more

Aug 14, 2022 12:51 AMNews

Developments in China’s Cigar Leaf Growing

Many well-known cigar leaf producing countries were deeply affected by Covid-19 for the past two years, and some of them failed to properly manage production and transportation of cigar leaves due to lockdown measures. Read more

Aug 14, 2022 2:49 PMTobacco China OnlineFeatures

Q&A: Peter Sikkel, Pyxus — Sustainability on a New Level

Pieter Sikkel is president and c.e.o. of Pyxus International, Inc. since March 2013, and previously served as president from December 2010 through February 2013; executive vice president for business strategy... Read more

Aug 14, 2022 3:04 PMThomas SchmidFeatures

New Zealand’s Generational Tobacco Ban Passes First Draft

The New Zealand parliament approved the first draft of a measure that will make it unlawful for people born after 2009 to purchase cigarettes. The first draft of the bill passed almost unanimously. Read more

Jul 30, 2022 1:37 PMNews

Philippines Vape Bill “Lapses” into Law

The Philippines’ Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act automatically became law on July 25 after both former president Rodrigo Duterte and current president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. took no action to sign or veto... Read more

Jul 30, 2022 1:49 PMNews

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