Tobacco

Australia Should Admit Plain Packaging Legislation Has Failed, Says JTI Ireland

The general manager of JTI Ireland, Igor Dzaja, has said that the Australian government should "own up" to the "failure" of its tobacco...

RAS Says Ireland Still Key Destination For International Illegal Cigarettes Trade

The seizure of over four million illegal cigarettes on the M1 motorway yesterday (November 4th) shows that Ireland is still a key destination for internati...

BAT Revenue Beats Estimates as Cigarette Maker Raises Prices

British American Tobacco Plc, the maker of Lucky Strike and Pall Mall cigarettes, reported nine-month revenue growth that beat analysts’ estimates as...

TDs: Tobacco Price Increase ‘A Tax On The Poor’

A number of opposition TDs have questioned the government’s decision to introduce a further 50 cent increase on the price of a packet of cigarettes i...

Department of Health Begins Consultation On EU Tobacco Directive

The Department of Health has commenced a public consultation on transposition of the revised European Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU). The Direc...

Philip Morris Tops Profit Estimates, Helped by Higher Prices

Philip Morris International Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company, topped quarterly profit estimates and raised the low end of it...

BUDGET 2016: Tobacco Price Increase ‘Incentivises Criminals’

Two of Ireland’s largest tobacco firms, JTI Ireland and John Player, have criticised the government’s decision to raise excise on tobacco in Bu...

NFRN Ireland Express Concerns In Wake Of Minister Noonan's Budget Comments

The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) Ireland has expressed its continuing concerns about the implications of government policy for the indep...