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Philip Morris in talks to buy Swedish Match

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 09:18 AM

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International is in talks to acquire Swedish Match, the companies said, in a deal that would boost its smokeless offerings. Read more »

Tobacco industry sticks to game plan amid the pandemic

Chi Liquicia, VERA Files
Posted at Apr 15 06:09 PM

In the middle of a deadly health crisis, the tobacco industry scored a win in the country, sticking to a tried and tested playbook to protect its interests. Read more »

Vape bill version 2022: Congress ‘hijacks’ stringent regulations

Booma Cruz, VERA Files
Posted at Apr 14 06:26 AM

In an apparent rush to pass the vaping bill, the 18th Congress reversed itself without regard for legislative tradition or courtesy to a lone consistently dissenting colleague. Read more »

Medical experts ask Duterte to veto 'pro-industry' vape bill

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 05:45 PM

Doctors lamented how medical experts were allegedly ignored by the legislators who crafted the vape bill. Read more »

'Crackdown on cigarette smuggling must intensify with tax'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 11:43 AM

The crackdown on smuggled cigarette products should also increase as the government imposes another tax hike on tobacco products, a stakeholder said. Read more »

New Zealand to ban cigarette sales

Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 02:17 PM

New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world's toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry. Read more »

Cynthia Villar loses cool at Senate budget hearing

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 07:06 PM

Sen. Cynthia Villar on Friday lost her cool during the Senate deliberation on the proposed 2022 budget of National Tobacco Administration (NTA). Read more »

Smoking killed 7.69 mil. people around world in 2019

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 15 10:10 AM

About 7.69 million people worldwide died in 2019 from a variety of smoking-related diseases, an estimate by a team of researchers showed. Read more »

P4-M halaga ng sigarilyong idineklarang paper towel nasabat ng Customs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 12:11 PM

Aabot sa P4 milyong halaga ng sigarilyo na idineklara bilang 'paper hand towel' ang nakumpiska ng mga awtoridad sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport, sabi ngayong Linggo ng Bureau of Customs. Read more »

House passes bill on e-cigarettes, vapes amid concerns over provisions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 06:30 PM

Voting 192-34-4, some spoke against the measure as critics say that if it becomes a law, it will make electronic cigarettes and other related products more accessible to the youth. Read more »

Philip Morris to phase out cigarettes in Japan within decade

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 07 11:12 PM

The head of tobacco giant Philip Morris said the company will phase out conventional cigarettes in Japan within 10 years, in an interview with the Nikkei business daily published Friday. Read more »

Menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars face ban in United States

Ankur Banerjee, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 07:15 AM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, a long-awaited win for anti-smoking and civil rights groups but one that could erase a huge share of sales for the Big Tobacco. Read more »

Tycoon Lucio Tan stable, recovering after hospitalized for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 12:46 AM

MANILA - Business tycoon Lucio Tan is now stable and is recovering after being admitted to a hospital for COVID-19, his daughter said late Saturday. Read more »

Tobacco excise tax collection exceeds target in February: DOF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 12:57 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue exceeded its tobacco excise tax target collections for the month of February after Japan Tobacco hikes payment by over 100 percent, the finance department said Monday.  Read more »

Barkada culture 'weaponized'?: The shared joy and despair of vaping among Pinoy youth

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 07:57 PM

A medical anthropologist suggested that the multi-sensory experience of vaping was designed as a hook and "staging area" for a community to blossom. Read more »

Recto bill wants minors banned from buying vape, IDs to be presented at stores

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 02:44 AM

Senate Bill No. 1951 "imposes a minimum age restriction of 18 years for these products to ensure that only adults are allowed access to its use," Recto said. Read more »

North Korea prohibits smoking in public spaces

Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 07:15 AM

SEOUL - North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly on Wednesday introduced smoking bans in some public places to provide citizens with "hygienic living environments," state media KCNA reported on Thursday.   Read more »

JTI eyes hiking local tobacco buying to aid farmers: DOF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 12:14 PM

The Japan Tobacco International Inc (JTI) is eyeing increasing its procurement of locally produced tobacco to support farmers grappling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Finance Department said Monday.    Read more »

Germany to ban cigarette street ads from 2022

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 03:59 AM

FRANKFURT - Germany will finally ban outdoor tobacco advertising from 2022, the parliament announced Friday, becoming the last country in the European Union to do so.  Read more »

E-cigarette maker Juul plans layoffs, Europe and Asia exit: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 03:35 PM

Troubled e-cigarette maker Juul plans to pull out of Europe and Asia and lay off more workers after already shedding a third of its workforce, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday. Read more »