Indonesia: Pictorial Warning on Tobacco Products Ineffective

The Indonesian Consumer Foundation (YLKI) says pictorial warnings showing the health dangers of tobacco use on cigarette packs do not lead to a significant decrease in the numbers of smokers in Indo...

• Indonesia Orders Warnings on Cigarette Packages
• Indonesia Not Butting out of Anti-tobacco Push Despite Industry Resistance over Warning Labels
• Indonesia: Only 13.44% Cigarette Brands Bear Warnings
• Indonesia: No Excuse for Tobacco Industry Not to Comply with Pictorial Health Warnings, Says Activists
• Big Tobacco Ignores Indonesia Health Warning Law
• Indonesia: Pictorial Warnings Finally Come into Effect

Europe: E-cigarettes Are Not A Gateway To Smoking

Electronic cigarettes are not a gateway to regular tobacco products, so suggests the largest study ever conducted on ecigarette use in Europe, which was published in the Journal of Tobacco Studies. ...

• E-cigarettes in Europe Used Mostly by the Young, Current Smokers, Would-be Quitters
• E-cigarette Market in the US 2014-2018
• E-Cigarettes are Attracting Non-Smokers to Nicotine, EU Warns
• Finland: E-cigarettes Do Not Get Non-smokers Hooked
• US: E-cigarettes Enjoy Massive Growth
• US: E-cigarette Sales up 31.3 Percent

Imperial''s Total Tobacco Volume down 8 Percent during First Half Year

Imperial Tobacco's total tobacco volume during the six months to the end of March, at 140 billion stick equivalents, was down by 8 percent on that of the six months to the end of March 2013. Stick ...

• BAT''s 1Q Volume down by 1%
• Marlboro Maker Altria''s 1Q Profit Falls on Lower Cigarette Sales
• JT''s Domestic Volume up over 12 Months
• US: Lorillard Q1 Profit Declines
• Reynolds American 1Q Profit Falls More than 28 pct
• Pakistan Tobacco Company''s First Quarter Net Revenues Registered A Healthy Growth

Bulgaria''s Agriculture Minstry to Launch Tobacco Producers Register

Bulgaria's Ministry of Agriculture will establish a register of tobacco producers as part of the package of measures to be introduced in the sector. As of April 1, farmers can submit registration a...

• Bulgaria: Growers Promised Payment by May
• Bulgaria''s Tobacco Growers Stage Rally Against Low Purchase Price
• Bulgaria''s Bulgartabac Starts to Purchase Tobacco
• Bulgaria''s Tobacco Growers Issue Ultimatum to Government
• Protesting Tobacco Producers Promised Bulgaria Govt Will Compensate Them for Lower Price
• Disgruntled Tobacco Growers Stage Mass Rally in SW Bulgaria

Cigarette Wars Preview

The battle for the future of an industry $60 billion strong. CNBC's Brian Shactman goes inside the global struggle over tobacco. In this CNBC original documentary, Correspondent Brian A. Shactman r...

• For Today''s Tobacco Farmers, It''s Diversify or Die
• Are Underage Smokers Influenced Most by Movies?
• Gangs, Terrorists, Mafia Make Huge Profits Selling...Cigarettes
• US Tobacco Growers Scramble to Find New Markets
• The World''s Most Expensive Cigars and Cigarettes