Aiko TanakaGeneral
KT&G Expands Airport Duty-Free Footprint to Istanbul and Gulf Hubs
The South Korean tobacco group generated over 1 trillion won in overseas sales from its flagship Esse brand last year.
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Minjun ParkGeneral
Metcash Reports 5.1% Sales Increase Amidst Tobacco Sales Slump And Upcoming Marketing Campaign
Metcash, a prominent retail conglomerate, reported a notable 5.1% increase in group sales (excluding tobacco) for the 18 weeks leading up to August 31st this year. This growth coincides with the company’s plans to launch its first-ever cross-pillar marketing…
Sarah ChenGeneral
Tobacco giant pursues green growth
The circular economy model helps production and business activities develop sustainably and creates added value in the community, said a representative of British American Tobacco (BAT). Vietnam has been integrating more and more deeply into the global…
Aiko TanakaLiving
The case for forcing the tobacco industry to pay for cigarette butts
Cigarette butts with filters are the most commonly littered item worldwide, with a staggering 4.5 trillion of them tossed into the environment each year. This is a huge problem; many end up on beaches and in the ocean, and the tar from burnt tobacco in the…
Aiko TanakaLiving
Philip Morris International Launches Healthier Alternatives for Smokers
In its passion and drive to provide better choices to people who smoke, Philip Morris International Inc. (“PMI”), the global leader in smoke-free innovation and science, has launched the next generation of IQOS. The new IQOS 3 and IQOS 3 MULTI integrate…
Rajiv MenonLiving
Philip Morris to begin selling Korean-made heated tobacco unit
Philip Morris Korea Inc. said Thursday that it will begin selling its tobacco sticks, called Heets, produced at its factory in South Korea later this month. To this point, Philip Morris Korea imported Heets for sale in South Korea. Philip Morris Korea has…
Minjun ParkLiving
WHO wants Vietnam to raise tobacco taxes
Vietnam should raise its tobacco tax in order to deter and reduce people smoking, the World Health Organisation has advised. WHO head Kidong Park said at a recent meeting held by the Health Ministry in Hanoi that Vietnam was among the top 15 countries in the…
Rajiv MenonLiving
State tobacco to suffer first time loss in history
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM) says it is expected to suffer it’s first time loss in history of a tremendous amount of 5 billion baht this year from the government’s recent excise tax increase. TTM managing director Daonoi Suthinipaphan said the expected…
Sarah ChenLiving
Thailand Tobacco cries foul on excises
The overhaul in the excises, implemented in September, had put Thailand Tobacco at disadvantage, as its tax burden had risen disproportionately to that of the foreign producers, Daonoi Suttiniphapunt, Tobacco Monopoly’s managing director, told a press…
Maria SantosLiving
Myanmar needs to stub out growing tobacco usage
Myanmar is experiencing tremendous economic growth. With a young, growing population and a liberalised economy, it has been slated as one of 20 ‘markets of the future’ that will offer the most opportunities for consumer goods companies. Tobacco has been…
Wei ZhangLiving
Indonesia antsy over WTO’s expected tobacco ruling in 2017
The Indonesian government and tobacco farmers are waiting anxiously for the result of a dispute settlement against Australia’s plain tobacco packaging policy that they expect will come out in 2017, more than three years after the government submitted a…
Rajiv MenonLiving
Government raises excise taxes on tobacco
The government of Indonesia has raised the excise tax tariffs on tobacco. The Finance Ministers Regulation, No.147/PMK.010/2016, was issued in this respect. In the new policy, the highest tobacco excise duty hike of 13.46 percent was for machine-made white…
Maria SantosGeneral
Indonesia Sees Decline in Number of Cigarette Factories
The Director General of Customs and Excise for the Finance Ministry, Heru Pambudi said the number of cigarette factories in Indonesia continues to fall significantly over the past years. There were 4,669 cigarette factories in 2007, which had fell to 754 by…
Rajiv MenonLiving
Foreign Investment into Tobacco Industry Banned in China
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has recently issued regulations regarding retail of tobacco products in China. The new regulations stipulate that foreign invested commercial enterprises or individual business households are not…
Minjun ParkGeneral
Child labour used in Indonesian tobacco production, says NGO
International non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday that child labour is used in tobacco plantations in Indonesia, whose harvest supplies local and foreign tobacco companies. Children, some of whom are just eight years old,…
Wei ZhangGeneral
Korean tobacco group fights ‘duty free threat’
Several media organisations in South Korea and beyond have reported criticism from the 100,000-strong ‘I Love Smoking’ online pro-smoking group towards ‘alleged’ plans by the South Korean government to halt sales of duty free cigarettes at Jeju International…