Tobacco Industry News

Top US Tobacco Control Experts Unite to Endorse Vaping

The most influential tobacco control experts in the United States have join forces in writing a paper which endorses e-cigarettes as tobacco harm reduction tools, and calls for a change in the conversation surrounding the products. Published August 19 in The American Journal of Public Health, the paper titled, “Balancing Consideration of the Risks and...

Government ticks all the wrong tobacco boxes – FMF

There’s a seriously unhealthy synergy between our Treasury’s tax policy architects and our health department when it comes to non-combustible nicotine products. Our health department slavishly follows the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) hotly contested shooting down of everything nicotine, while Treasury gladly widens its tax net to siphon billions of extra rands from the...

Zimbabwe: Firm Tobacco Prices Expected At Auction Floors

Preparations for the opening of the 2022 tobacco marketing season are advanced with prices expected to firm due to anticipated reduced volumes. This year, auction floors will open on March 30 while contract sales will start on March 31. The bulk of the tobacco will be sold through contract floors as 118 465 registered farmers are...

Smoke and mirrors: The hazy world of the proposed vaping tax

●  The vapour products industry in South Africa could soon be regulated the same as tobacco, if the stalled Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill goes through. ●  The national treasury also announced plans to impose an excise tax on vapour products, which can increase retail prices for shoppers and discourage people...

BAT Kenya to pay record dividend as profit rises

Summary Net profit increased to Ksh6.48 billion ($57.34 million) from Ksh5.51 billion ($48.76 million) in 2020, driven by a property valuation gain of Ksh1.2 billion ($10.6 million) and a relatively favourable trading environment as the government eased Covid-19 restrictions. The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm noted that illicit cigarette trade continues to prevail and impact...

An alternate approach needed to phase out cigarettes in Malaysia

ON January 27, 2022, the Health Ministry announced plans to ban tobacco and other smoking products for those born after 2005. Further clarification revealed that the proposed ban would also cover vape and vaping products. In a recent survey by the Retail and Trade Brand Advocacy Malaysia Chapter (RTBA Malaysia), the vast majority of respondents felt...

Tobacco Harm Reduction: That Africa is not left behind

There is unanimity across the world on the need to reduce smoking rates among people. Whether it is the ubiquitous cigarettes or cigars or water pipes, known locally as shisha in Nigeria, every concerned stakeholder wants a drop, indeed a continuous drop, in smoking rates. While cigarettes have always received the most attention, people...

South Africa Considers Increasing Tax On E-Cigarettes

E-cigarettes are increasingly coming under fire world over. Whether it be on health grounds or monetary considerations. Now South Africa’s National Treasury is asking for public comment by 7 February 2022 on its proposals to impose a specific excise tax on both the non-nicotine and nicotine solutions in e-cigarettes. Wesley Grimm, Senior Associate & Rudi...

How companies are moving into new line of stimulant products

KRA continues to bank on excise tax as one of its main revenue streams. In Summary •A research group from the University of Nairobi found that Kenyans are choosing unregulated and potentially dangerous tobacco and traditional oral stimulants. •This is despite safer alternatives being available on the market. Companies dealing in tobacco products are slowly moving away from...

Research: Kenya choosing unregulated tobacco over safer alternatives

A research group from the University of Nairobi’s Faculty of Medicine, has found that Kenya is choosing unregulated and potentially dangerous tobacco and traditional oral stimulants, despite safer alternatives being available on the market. A new report titled “Review of the risks and toxicants of smokeless tobacco and khat products available in Kenya” is a...

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