Cigarette Manufacturing to Increase

25/03/2024

A cigarette manufacturing plant is under construction in Zimbabwe, with the expectation that it will increase manufacturing capacity by 50 percent, reports The Herald.

Egypt: Philip Morris Cleans Up Nile River

22/01/2024

Philip Morris Misr organized a campaign to clean up the Nile River as part of its social responsibility initiatives, according to Daily News Egypt. The campaign aimed to raise awareness of the importance of protecting the Nile River from pollution and enhancing environmental sustainability.

Cigarette butts are turned into mosquito repellent and stuffing for soft toys at this Indian factory

21/10/2022

An Indian factory is recycling cigarette butts into stuffing for soft toys. An estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide each year, 90 per cent of which contain non-biodegradable plastic filters.

Botani Launches Tobacco-Free Wrappers

20/06/2022

Companies looking for a more sustainable, tobacco-free and cost-effective alternative to traditional foil wrapped blunt wraps now have a new option: Botani Gummed Wrappers

Humans were using tobacco at least 12,000 years ago

13/10/2021

he tobacco plant has shaped the fortunes of humanity. Today, the substance is used and abused by a billion people around the world. It is a habit that dates back to the Stone Age, new research shows. Charred seeds found in an ancient hearth used by hunter-gatherers in what's now Utah suggest that humans used tobacco more than 12,000 years ago -- 9,000 years earlier than previously documented and well before agriculture took root in the Americas.

COVID-19: How Cigar Shops Are Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic

25/09/2020

With businesses shutting down across the United States, and reports of Coronavirus multiplying with every news cycle

Back to Nature

30/03/2020

“Natural” cigarettes containing tobacco with no chemical additives are becoming quite trendy in Europe. And where allowed they even may contain hemp, as a small Swiss company irrefutably proved

Earnings up

04/06/2019

Thailand’s new law for cannabis

04/06/2019

Vaping ban in public places (China)

18/02/2019

The Chinese city of Shenzhen is to strengthen its regulations on tobacco smoking in public places, according to a story in The China Daily citing a Nanfang Daily report.