Cigarettes

BAT Forecasts Faster Revenue Growth On E-Cigarette, Oral Products

British American Tobacco has reported higher first half sales, helped by higher demand for e-cigarettes and tobacco heating products, and said revenue grow...

Imperial Brands Beats Annual Adjusted Profit Estimates

British tobacco firm Imperial Brands reported higher full-year revenue and better-than-expected adjusted profit, helped by market share gains. The maker...

New York City Boosts Cigarette Prices To $13 A Pack

New York boosted the minimum price of a pack of cigarettes by 24 percent to $13 (€10.80) and placed a cap on the number of tobacco sellers, part of th...

Japan Tobacco Targets Smoker-Heavy Zones As Rivals Go High-Tech

While most tobacco companies have embraced smokeless products to survive ever-tightening controls, the Japanese maker of Winston and Camel cigarettes is pr...

A Nice American Cigarette Break For Japan Tobacco: Gadfly

Japan Tobacco Inc., the world No. 4, reported a fourth straight quarter of declining cigarette volumes Wednesday as shipments fell pretty much everywhere i...

Tobacco Tax U-Turn Burns $7 Billion Hole In ITC's Market Cap

ITC Ltd., Asia’s second-largest cigarette maker by value, plunged the most in 25 years after India surprised investors by raising levies on tobacco p...

Cigarette Market To Record $7.7 Billion Loss By 2021

The global cigarette market is set to record a $7.7 billion loss by 2021, according to market research provider Euromonitor International. The new data...

Reynolds Said To Reject BAT’s $47 Billion Acquisition Proposal

Reynolds American Inc., the second-largest cigarette seller in the U.S., is seeking a higher price from British American Tobacco Plc after rejecting a $47...