Tobacco
- Health & Fitness
The risk of exposure to tobacco smoke in the car is greater than in other closed spaces
The health risks of those who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in automobiles they are a lot greater than in other interior areas, although the periods of exposure are usually short, according to a coordinated investigation from the Public Health Agency of Barcelona (ASPB) with the participation of the Network Biomedical Research Center (CIBER). “Environmental tobacco smoke is the…
Read More » - Economy
British American Tobacco finally agree sale of Russian and Belarusian divisions
British American Tobacco revealed it will finally sell its Russian and Belarusian businesses, 18 months after its initial announcement. The tobacco firm said it will sell the businesses to a consortium led by its Russian management team. Upon the completion of the sale, the business will be referred to as the ITMS Group. In a statement, BAT said: ‘Throughout the transfer…
Read More » - Egypt
Eastern Company for Tobacco increases Egypt’s cigarette production by 40%
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din – The Eastern Company for Tobacco (EETC), Egypt’s biggest tobacco company, has taken an urgent decision to increase cigarette production by 40 percent which will be distributed to local markets. This follows in the wake of the nation’s cigarette price crisis, with prices for the Cleopatra cigarette brand surging to unprecedented levels. The EETC was driven…
Read More » - Economy
Ukraine labels tobacco giants ‘sponsors of war’
The Ukrainian government has labeled US tobacco giant Philip Morris and another major cigarette maker, Japan Tobacco, “international sponsors of war” owing to their continued operations in Russia, the Ukrainian National Corruption Prevention Agency (NCPA) announced on Thursday. Phillip Morris has two factories in Russia’s Leningrad and Krasnodar regions. The market share of the company’s trademarks in the country was…
Read More » - Egypt
Egyptian Tobacco Division official calls on govt to address cigarette price hikes
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din – The Egyptian government must intervene to solve rising cigarette prices in the market, the head of the Tobacco Division at the Federation of Industries Ibrahim Embaby said. During a telephone conversation on Thursday with TV presenter Mohamed Ali Khair on the “Al-Masry Effendi” program, he explained that the finance minister seeks to obtain 86.9 percent…
Read More »
