Jessica Miller | March 29, 2012
British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) said an Australian law prohibiting the display of tobacco companies’ logos, labels and trademarks “sterilizes” their intellectual property rights and must be declared unconstitutional. “The Commonwealth has assumed control over a substantial aspect of the plaintiff’s property, business, goodwill and reputation,” the cigarette maker said in a March 26 filing to the High Court of Australia. BAT, Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) (PM) and Imperial Tobacco Group Plc (IMT) are challenging the validity of the Australian law and will present their arguments against it in Canberra beginning April 17.
Category: American Tobacco Company, Cigarette Market |
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Jessica Miller | January 30, 2012
Tobacco companies have opposed a proposal to raise the tax on cigarettes that could see smokers pay Sh7 to the Treasury for every ten shillings spent on their products. The move is aimed at boosting government revenue and aligning Kenya’s taxation regime with international standards. The Institute of Legislative Affairs (ILA) is proposing that the Treasury increase taxes on cigarettes to an effective rate of 70 per cent, the internationally recommended level by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Category: Cigarette Tax, Tobacco Company |
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Jessica Miller | January 9, 2012
The punch-drunk tobacco industry has been dealt yet another blow as the Canadian province of Ontario is the latest administration to proceed with a lawsuit to recoup money for smoking-related illnesses. Both the government and the Canadian Cancer Society say that a successful lawsuit could serve to reduce smoking in Ontario and make for less need to spend health-care money on smoking related illnesses. The lawsuit targets multiple tobacco companies, both British and American, and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has said the suit may go ahead.
Category: Cigarettes Online Store, tobacco industry |
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Jessica Miller | December 21, 2011
Given the history of half-truths and special pleading which characterise the public pronouncements of tobacco companies, many people will find it unsurprising that the latest analysis casts doubt on previous industry-backed studies into the safety of cheap President cigarette additives. Indeed, independent scientists now claim that research published by Philip Morris a decade ago actually “obscured findings of toxicity”. No doubt Philip Morris, the world’s second-biggest cigarette company, will explain why its original gloss on the research was correct. Yet many will find it odd to be arguing over details when the harm done by smoking is undisputed. But politics, business and law are different than science.
Category: Second-Hand Smoke, Tobacco Company |
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Jessica Miller | June 29, 2011
Shares of tobacco companies that serve the U.S. market fell Tuesday after the Food and Drug Administration said it is conducting an independent review of research on the public health impact of menthol cigarettes. Menthol Kiss cigarettes are one of the few growth areas in the cigarette industry.
Category: Menthol cigarettes, Tobacco Company |
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British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) said an Australian law prohibiting the display of tobacco companies’ logos, labels and trademarks “sterilizes” their intellectual property rights and must be declared unconstitutional. “The Commonwealth has assumed control over a substantial aspect of the plaintiff’s property, business, goodwill and reputation,” the cigarette maker said in a March 26 filing to the High Court of Australia. BAT, Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) (PM) and Imperial Tobacco Group Plc (IMT) are challenging the validity of the Australian law and will present their arguments against it in Canberra beginning April 17.
