Well if your year was anything like mine – 2009 raced by and it’s now Christmas again and the East coast is blanketed in snow!
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December 21st, 2009 — Current Issues, Regulations: FDA etc. — Chris Crawley
It may be Fire Safe Compliant – but does it taste good?
December 15th, 2009 — Current Issues, Fire Safe Compliant cigarettes / Low Ignition Propensity, Regulations: FDA etc. — Chris Crawley
In an attempt to prevent fires from unattended lit cigarettes various governments are requiring FSC cigarettes. 49 of the 50 US States require it or have already passed legislation that will. Lone stand-out is Wyoming (population 10) but this is only a matter of time. Canada required it several years go, Australia and South Africa will soon and the EU.
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TabInfo Asia 2009 – Bangkok Thailand – fallout.
December 10th, 2009 — Conferences, Exhibitions, Key International Business & Market Developments — Chris Crawley
Even before it opened TabInfo Asia 2009, held in Bangkok Thailand November 11-13, had problems which only became worse.
Originally arranged as a private Tobacco Industry event, the Thai government declared it public shortly before opening. This meant all Thai tobacco restrictions on advertising and tobacco product display (which are stringent) were effective – something the organizers (Tobacco Reporter and Think [...]
Philip Morris International looking at the e-cig business?
November 6th, 2009 — Acquisitions, Current Issues, General, Regulations: FDA etc., Science, Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, Tobacco Harm Reduction — Lou Maiellano
PMI Reported To Be In Negotiations With Ruyan
An OfficialWire report on November 4th said Philip Morris International is in negotiations with Ruyan Group, the manufacturer of the original e-cigarette in 2005. According to an article on Quamnet.com, “Ruyan Group said that an agreement between the [...]
Tobacco Scientific Advisory Board Announcement Soon
October 22nd, 2009 — Uncategorized — John Rolfe
So who will actually be selected for the key roles of deciding, among other things, whether menthol stays on the US market? The FDA gave the industry until September 25th to name individuals for the three non-voting slots on its Scientific Advisory Board and then gave itself another 30 days, until October 24th, to send [...]
Canada Bans All Flavors Even American Blend
October 16th, 2009 — Flavored Products, Making Tobacco Products Unpleasant, Preventing Youth Consumption, Science — John Rolfe
American Blend cigarettes like Marlboro are now banned in Canada so the Philip Morris International subsidiary Rothmans, Benson & Hedges is now able to only exports its AB products. Canada’s law banning the manufacture, importation and sale of flavored cigarettes and small cigars, except those with menthol, and prohibiting tobacco product advertising [...]
A World Without Marlboro?
October 16th, 2009 — Current Issues, Tobacco Harm Reduction — John Rolfe
Wouldn’t it be ironic if the Altria juggernaut, the one that worked with the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids to create the FDA regulation and its ban on characterizing flavors, except menthol and something called “tobacco flavor,” ultimately ended up by creating an FDA regulatory scheme that defined “tobacco flavor” so narrowly as to eliminate [...]
ASH UK Supports eCigs
October 16th, 2009 — Regulations: FDA etc., Snus, Snuff & Alternative Products in US Markets, Tobacco Harm Reduction — John Rolfe
Prof. Michael Siegel of Boston University School of Public Health welcomed Action on Smoking and Health UK’s statement (http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_715.pdf) supporting the use of e-cigarettes by smokers who are otherwise unable to quit smoking, as it represents one of the first major anti-smoking groups that is in favor of allowing the [...]
