Vatican

Clearing the air in The Vatican: cigarette sales to be banned

Cigarette sales in The Vatican are to vanish into a puff of smoke from 2018.

09/11/2017

USA

New York hikes cigarette prices to 13 dollars per packet

A packet of cigarettes will now cost a minimum of 13 dollars, or arouund 10.80 euros.

29/08/2017

Business Series

British American Tobacco to merge with Reynolds

British American Tobacco takeover of US firm Reynolds will create the world's biggest listed tobacco company, overtaking Philip Morris International.

17/01/2017

World News

Smoking set to kill and cost more than ever

Smoking is on the rise according to the World Health Organisation and the costs far outweigh global revenues from tobacco taxes.

10/01/2017

Business Series

Smoking consolidation: British American Tobacco bids for Reynolds American

A huge cigarette merger is in the offing as British American Tobacco aims to roll up the 58 percent of Reynolds American that it does not already own.

21/10/2016

Uruguay

Uruguay defeats tobacco giant in court dispute

The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled in favour of Uruguay after cigarette giant Philip Morris International tried to seek compensation from the

09/07/2016

Business Series

French insurer AXA to stop investing in tobacco industry

French insurer AXA has said it plans to stop investing in the tobacco industry with incoming Chief Executive Thomas Buberl saying: "The human cost of tobacco is tragic; its economic cost is huge."

23/05/2016

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: NATO flexes military muscle

This is the Brief from Brussels – a daily round-up of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

19/05/2016

Poland

Polish police uncovered illegal cigarette factory

Polish police say they have uncovered an illegal cigarette factory in the Warsaw area. Over seven million cigarettes and three tons of tobacco were

16/05/2016

World News

EU court backs tougher rules for tobacco packaging

The EU’s highest court has ruled in favour of tougher rules on cigarette packaging. The case is the result of a legal challenge by two major tobacco

04/05/2016

World News

EU officials 'hiding meetings' with tobacco industry lobbyists

EU officials have been concealing meetings with tobacco industry lobbyists, a watchdog has found. European Ombudsman Emma O’Reilly told the European

05/10/2015

France

Paris in move to fine smokers for throwing away their butts

If you stub it out, don’t throw it away. That’s the message to smokers in Paris as the French capital starts a clean up campaign of cigarette butts

01/10/2015

France

French tobacconists mount cigarette packaging protest

Angry French tobacconists are mounting a protest campaign against government moves to force cigarette companies to use plain, unbranded packaging

23/07/2015

Canada

Canada: Three tobacco companies ordered to pay billions in damages for failure to inform of health dangers

A court in Canada has ruled that three tobacco companies must pay 11 billion euros in damages to smokers and former smokers. They have said they will appeal the verdict.

02/06/2015

World News

Ten questions to consider on World No Tobacco Day 2015

29/05/2015

United Kingdom

UK MPs to vote on plain cigarette packaging

Cigarette packets are set to get a dramatic makeover in UK. MPs will vote on a law introducing plain packaging in England and Wales before May’s

22/01/2015

My Europe Series

Smoking out the facts of electronic cigarettes

24/01/2014

USA

New York cigarette buyers under age 21 to be outlawed

31/10/2013

India

Tobacco could kill up to 1.5 million-a-year in India by 2020 - report

12/09/2013

World News

Anger over tobacco lobbyists as Europe nears new rules on e-cigarettes

10/07/2013