Quit Smoking 21 Days

www.QuitSmoking21days.com

SOUTH KOREA
Foreign tobacco firms boost market share
02 Nov 2009. Overseas tobacco companies have expanded their market share in Korea to 30 per cent over the last ten years, while the market share of Korea Tobacco & Ginseng (KT&G) fell from 90 per cent to 60 per cent. » read more
UNITED STATES
National Cancer Institute examines smokeless tobacco
01 Nov 2009. A new series of medical studies sponsored by the National Cancer Institute will examine whether using smokeless tobacco is a potentially safer option than smoking. » read more
JAPAN
Eyeing tobacco tax at European levels
01 Nov 2009. Japan's health minister said on Sunday the country's tobacco tax could be raised to levels seen in Europe, reiterating the ministry's proposal forwarded to the government as part of fiscal 2010 tax reforms, Kyodo news agency reported. » read more
IRELAND
PM to challenge tobacco display ban
06 Oct 2009. Philip Morris is mounting a legal challenge to Ireland's ban on advertising or displaying tobacco products in shops, reported Reuters on Monday. » read more
UNITED STATES
Cigarette manufacturers plan Supreme Court appeal
29 Sep 2009. Several tobacco companies plan to ask the US Supreme Court to overturn a May ruling in a racketeering lawsuit that requires them to disclose more about the dangers of smoking and bars them from selling cigarettes as "light" or "low tar”. » read more
SOUTH KOREA
Plan aims to cut smoking rate ten per cent
29 Sep 2009. As part of a tobacco-free initiative agreed last week by countries in the Western Pacific region, the Korean government has set a target of reducing the nation's smoking rate by ten per cent over the coming five years, health officials said. » read more
CANADA
Ontario files CAD 50 billion suit versus tobacco companies
29 Sep 2009. The Canadian province of Ontario said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit seeking CAD 50 billion (USD 45.9 billion) in damages from tobacco companies for healthcare costs incurred by taxpayers since 1955. » read more
PHILIPPINES
Local cigarette sales seen lower
28 Sep 2009. Local cigarette sales are down 10 to 15 per cent this year over last year caused largely by higher prices due to increased excise tax and lesser disposable income of consumers. » read more
UNITED STATES
Star asks for approval of lower-toxin tobacco
23 Sep 2009. Tobacco company Star Scientific Inc. said Tuesday it will ask the Food and Drug Administration to approve a new method for making smokeless tobacco with reduced toxins, reports AP. » read more
SOUTH AFRICA
Smokefree Innotec signs distribution contracts with TDM
23 Sep 2009. US-company Smokefree Innotec announced today that it has concluded and signed exclusive distribution contracts with TDM of the Republic of South Africa.

www.QuitSmoking21days.com