HE prices of cigarettes in Fiji have gone up as of September 12.
Confirming this to The Fiji Times, British American Tobacco Fiji Limited corporate and regulatory affairs manager Rajeshwar Singh said the increase was because of an increase in the company’s manufacturing cost.
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An Australian court upheld the country’s plan to ban tobacco manufacturers from using their distinctive colours, typefaces, brand designs and logos on cigarette packages.
The packs instead will have large, graphic photos and health warnings with the brand name in a common font on an intentionally unappetizing drab olive background.
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Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Wednesday appealed to tobacco growers of the State not to panic and resort to distress sale of their produce, yielding to pressure from merchants.
Addressing reporters here, Gowda said with the Tobacco Board deciding to postpone e-auctioning, farmers were forced to sell their produce to merchants from places like Guntur at a much lower price. Ream more »
A BURNLEY shop was selling cheap, illicit Eastern European-made tobacco products produced especially for the black market, a court was told.
Burnley magistrates heard how Jin Ling, the tobacco product, did not carry required health warnings and buyers would have no idea what they were smoking. Ream more »
The tobacco industry’s predictions of a black market fostered by tax rises seem to have been unfulfilled, apart from one significant seizure, official papers indicate.
The Customs Service says “no significant seizures of cigarettes” were made in the past three years.
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The cost of cigarettes rise in some stores from today as a new law banning the display of tobacco comes into force.
The Pannell Discounter in Wainoni is increasing the price of a packet of cigarettes by between 10 cents and 20 cents and between 30 cents and 50 cents for a packet of tobacco. Ream more »
Indian tobacco farmers are likely to get good prices this year as estimates indicate a fall in production in top global tobacco-growing regions.
Quoting global industry estimates, Tobacco Board officials have pegged the world (FCV or flue-cured virginia) tobacco production stagnant at 4,596 million kg (mkg) in 2012 as against 4,495 mkg in 2011. Ream more »
The proposed amendments to the ordinance reviewed by the Plainfield Village Board on Monday included additional applicant terms and conditions and restrictions on the sale of certain tobacco accessories, such as cigarette papers, pipes, holders of smoking materials and cigarette rolling machines. Ream more »
Smokers in Illinois are now paying more to light up.
A new cigarette tax went into effect Sunday, and the increase is affecting local businesses.
The tax increase means more money for the state of Illinois. But local business owners said it could cut into their profits.
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The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has revoked the licence of one errant tobacco retailer and suspended the licences of five other retailers for selling tobacco to underage youth.
Kutub Sultan Trading, a tobacco retail outlet at Commonwealth Avenue West, will no longer be allowed to sell tobacco products from June 25 as its licence has been revoked.
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