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The Bulgarian tobacco company “Sofia-BT” AD marked a 541% increase in exports for the first quarter of 2009 year-on-year.
The company exported 610 tons of cigarettes, worth BGN 9,5 M, compared to 94 tons (BGN 1 M) for the same period in 2008.
Main export destinations of “Sofia-BT” are the Near and Far East, Balkans, and some [...]
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On 30 April 2009 we published our second Sustainability Report. It details our vision for a sustainable business and how we’re addressing key business-related social, environmental and economic impacts in a way that aims to build value for all our stakeholders, including shareholders.
The Report covers the progress we have made on last year’s goals, our [...]
Japan Tobacco Inc., the world’s third-largest publicly traded cigarette maker, forecast profit will fall 19 percent this year as fewer people smoke in its home market and currency movements hurt its international earnings.
Net income is forecast to be 100 billion yen ( billion) in the 12 months ending March 2010 from 123.4 billion yen last [...]
EFSA has received an urgent request from the European Commission for a scientific opinion in relation to the risks for human health from nicotine in wild mushrooms. EFSA has been asked to provide this advice because food business operators have found dried wild mushrooms to be contaminated with nicotine. It is not known what caused [...]
A rumored sharp drop in global ad spending by Philip Morris could spell big trouble for Leo Burnett/Chicago, where the cigarette giant has long been one of the agency’s flagship accounts.
The pullback in ad spending, sources say, could prompt sizable layoffs at the legendary agency, where between 400 and 500 people in Chicago and other [...]
Though it does occupy itself most of the time with concerns such as preparedness for flu pandemics, some of its other priorities reflect its members’ political agendas. For example, a large chunk of money is devoted every year to tackling the “social and economic factors that determine people’s opportunities for health,” such as poverty, education [...]
Earlier, I asked the CEO of the company, Paul Adams, whether BAT’s performance means the business will make it through 2009 in good shape.
Paul Adams
What we’ve seen so far is that, at the moment, people are still up-trading in those markets where they have historically up-traded. We haven’t seen any significant change to the up-trading [...]
Individual product liability cases are likely to remain a cost of doing business in the USA and in other parts of the world too. . . .
A universal awareness of the risks of smoking is at the heart of the decisions in the industry’s favour. With the risks associated with tobacco use so well known, [...]
All of our Group companies put health warnings on every pack of cigarettes and other tobacco products they manufacture, even in the few countries that do not require health warnings by law.
There’s something luxurious about having a girl light your cigarette. In fact, I got married once on account of that.
— Harold Robbins
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