Tobacco

Tobacco's 'New Frontier' May Have To Face Additional Scrutiny: Analysis

If the world's biggest tobacco firms are correct, the expression "lighting up a cigarette" may take on a whole new meaning in the coming years....

Japan Tobacco CEO Signals Imperial Brands Deal Isn't Likely

Japan Tobacco Inc.’s new chief executive favors pursuing deals in Southeast Asia and markets where it lacks a presence rather than a more complex dea...

India Top Court Orders Large Health Warning On Cigarette Packets

India’s top court rejected a plea by cigarette makers to reduce the size of pictorial health warning on packets, dealing a blow to their efforts to b...

BAT Appoints New President And CEO Of Reynolds American

British American Tobacco has announced that Ricardo Oberlander, who is currently the group's regional director for the Americas, will be appointed as the n...

BNP Paribas Says It Will Stop Funding Of Global Tobacco Industry

BNP Paribas SA will cease funding and advising tobacco companies as the French lender seeks to distance itself from the industry over health concerns. T...

Big Tobacco Faces Tax Reckoning in Japan Over Hot New Devices

Japanese lawmakers are just weeks away from proposing changes that could erode tax advantages for Big Tobacco’s new hope: heat-not-burn products that...

Tobacco Firms Fume Over New EU Salvo In Cigarette Smuggling War

A European Union plan to crack down on cigarette smuggling has manufacturers such as British American Tobacco Plc up in arms about red tape, signaling that...

Altria Profits From Higher Prices Even As Smoking Rates Drop

For Altria Group Inc., more expensive cigarettes have proven key to maintaining growth as tobacco volumes decline. The tobacco giant, which sells Marlbo...