Tobacco Market Statistics, June 2013

Tobacco Production Capacity In The United States: States, Key Creditor Cast Doubt On Renegade Sale

Company news
9 hours ago
by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

June 18 --Objections to the plan for selling 3 bankrupt Mocksville tobacco companies have cast another shadow over their survival. Attorneys representing the bankruptcy trustee of Renegade Holdings incorporated , Renegade Tobacco Company , Alternative Brands incorporated , submitted a motion 2013-05-31 to approve the sale of the companies for US Dollars 25 million to the recently formed U.S. subsidiary of Fren...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Cigarette Innovation Trends In Saudi Arabia: Cherokee Brand Launches At Max Stores, The Largest Value Fashion Brand Chain In The Middle East

Company news
22 hours ago
by Information Solutions

Dubai , 2013-06-17 -- Cherokee incorporated (NASDAQ: CHKE), a global marketer of style-focused lifestyle brands, announced that as of last week the Cherokee brand has launched at 48 Max stores throughout the United Arab Emirates , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , , Kuwait as part of an exclusive partnership entered into with Max brand in July 2012 . "The unveiling of Cherokee at Max is a perfect exam...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : Saudi Arabia

Cigarette Industry Overview In The United States: Fortuna Upgrades Mill Expansion At San Jose From 1,500 To 1,800 Tpd

Industry news
23 hours ago
by Canada Newswire

VANCOUVER , 2013-06-18 /CNW/ - Fortuna Silver Mines incorporated . (NYSE: FSM | TSX: FVI | BVL: FVI | Frankfurt : F4S.F) is pleased to release a new production plan for the San Jose Mine in Mexico based on the mill's expansion to be commissioned in the 3rd quarter of this year. San Jose Mine 1,800 tpd plan highlights: Mill expansion to 1,800 tpd on track , scheduled t...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Cigarette Key Players In The United States: Fortuna Upgrades Mill Expansion At San Jose From 1,500 To 1,800 Tpd

Industry news
23 hours ago
by PR Newswire

VANCOUVER , 2013-06-18 /PRNewswire/ - Fortuna Silver Mines incorporated . (NYSE: FSM | TSX: FVI | BVL: FVI | Frankfurt : F4S.F) is pleased to release a new production plan for the San Jose Mine in Mexico based on the mill's expansion to be commissioned in the 3rd quarter of this year. San Jose Mine 1,800 tpd plan highlights: Mill expansion to 1,800 tpd on...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Smoking Data Market In Canada: Firm Smoking Bans Could Help Employees Butt Out

Industry news
1 day ago
by Canada Newswire

Added support measures can significantly increase smokers' likelihood of quitting TORONTO , 2013-06-18 /CNW/ - Smoking bans on all Industry player property both indoors , outdoors should be a visible part of a comprehensive non-smoking policy in Canadian workplaces, as reported by a new Conference Board of Canada report. Additional measures, such as smoking cessation programs, would ...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : Canada

Tobacco Industry: Australians Are More Ambitious Than We Think

Industry news
1 day ago
by PR Web

Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) 2013-06-18 It seems Australians are far more ambitious than we like to admit with 74.1 % job seekers confessing their number 1 reason for changing job is to chase career progression opportunities. Salary is also a key motivator as reported by the latest Retailworld resourcing survey of job seekers , CEO John Caldwell says there are some key lessons for emplo...

Industries : Tobacco

Tobacco Production Production Statistics In India: Age Of Onset Falling

Company news
1 day ago
by HT Media

Srinagar , 2013-06-18 -- Vulnerable , curious youngsters make for a "soft target" for tobacco companies who glamourise their product, said experts as the age of onset of experiment with cigarettes or other form of tobacco worryingly fell to a startling 11-12 years. WHO's theme for the World No Tobacco Day this year on strengthening laws that ban promotion of such products has been welcomed...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : India

Cigarette Trends In The United States: Philip Morris Usa Assigned Patent

Industry news
1 day ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-06-18 -- Philip Morris USA , Richmond, Va. , has been assigned a patent (8,459,272) developed by Georgios D. Karles , Richmond, Va. , Jeffrey Allen , Midlothian, Va. , , Jose Nepomuceno , Beaverdam, Va. , for "cigarettes , filter subassemblies with squeezable flavor capsule , methods of manufacture." The abstract of the patent...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Tobacco Production Statistics In The United States: Predictix Attains Advanced Consulting Partner Level With Amazon Web Services Partner Network.

Company news
1 day ago
by Gale Group

Predictix announced that it has attained Advanced Consulting Partner level with Amazon Web Services Partner Network (APN), in order to bring the benefits of AWS to enterprise retail customers with its merchandising decisions solutions running on the AWS platform. as reported by a release, Predictix is a technology provider of cloud-native, predictive analytics solutions for retailers, harnessi...

Industries : Tobacco

Tobacco Innovation Trends In The United Kingdom: U.s. Patent Granted To Imperial Tobacco On 2013-06-18 For "package For Tobacco-related Articles" (british, German, French Inventors)

Company news
1 day ago
by HT Media

ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-06-18 -- United States Patent no. 8,464,867, issued on June 18 , was assigned to Imperial Tobacco Ltd. ( Bristol , Great Britain ). "Package for tobacco-related articles" was invented by Steve Holloway (Slough, Great Britain ), Tim Collins ( London ), Solvey Knorr ( Hamburg, Germany ), Neil Southey (Slough, Great Britain ), Paul Jenkins (Slough, Great ...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Cigar Innovation Trends In The United States: U.s. Patent Granted To Mate Precision Tooling On 2013-06-18 For "multiple Punch And Die Assembly Providing Hand Disassembly, Punch Length Adjustment And...

Company news
1 day ago
by HT Media

U.S. Patent granted to Mate Precision Tooling on 2013-06-18 for "Multiple punch , die assembly providing hand disassembly, punch length adjustment , replacement" (Minnesota Inventors) ALEXANDRIA, Va. , June 18 -- United States Patent no. 8,464,928, issued on June 18 , was assigned to Mate Precision Tooling incorporated ( Anoka, Minn. ). "Multiple punch , die assembly providing hand disas...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Cigarette Sector In The United States: Ashford Hospitality Trust Declares Plan To Spin-off High Revpar Hotel Portfolio As "ashford Hospitality Prime" And Hosts Conference Call

Industry news
1 day ago
by Benzinga

Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT ) today announced that the Industry player's Board of Directors approved a plan to spin-off an 80 % ownership interest in an 8-hotel portfolio, totaling 3,146 rooms (2,912 owned rooms), to holders of Ashford Trust common stock in the form of a taxable special distribution. The distribution is expected to be comprised of common stock in Ashford Hospitality Prime...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Tobacco Tax Production Statistics In The United States: State, Tribes Should Seek Common Ground On Tobacco Tax Agreements

Company news
1 day ago
by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

2013-06-17 --MANY state-tribal tobacco compact agreements are set to expire at the end of the month. More than 20 tribes asked Gov. Mary Fallin to extend existing compacts through August 2017 , but Fallin struck a hard line, agreeing only to short-term extensions , insisting on renegotiating the terms of the compacts. In particular, the governor opposes "border" tobacco tax rates for tribal...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Cigarette Innovation Trends In The United States: Annual Defense Threat Reduction Agency Basic Research Technical Review

Company news
1 day ago
by PR Web

Fort Belvoir, VA (PRWEB) 2013-06-17 The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) will conduct its annual Basic Research Technical Review at the Waterford in Springfield, Virginia on July 22-25 , July 30-August 2 . More than 300 grant awardees will present technical details on their counter weapons of mass destruction (WMD) research. Technical sessions will cover a broad ran...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Tobacco Strategic Alliances In The United States: Cocc And Eft Source Partner To Deliver Next Level Integration For Instant Card Issuance

Company news
1 day ago
by Business Wire

Card@Once now fully integrated with COCC?s advanced core technology platform NASHVILLE, Tenn. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- COCC , EFT Source, incorporated , a provider of turnkey card programs , personalization services for ATM , debit cards for financial institutions, have partnered to provide COCC?s bank , credit union clients t...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Tobacco Innovation Trends In Saudi Arabia, The United States And Kuwait: Cherokee Brand Launches At Max Stores, The Largest Value Fashion Brand Chain In The Middle East

Company news
1 day ago
by Business Wire

Cherokee brand to be available at 48 stores throughout the UAE , KSA, , Kuwait SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cherokee incorporated (NASDAQ: CHKE), a global marketer of style-focused lifestyle brands, announced that as of last week the Cherokee brand has launched at 48 Max stores throughout the United Arab Emirates , Kingdom of...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : Saudi Arabia, United States, Kuwait

Tobacco Production Key Players In Ireland: Commission Declares War On Tobacco Products.

Industry news
2 days ago
by Gale Group

The new draft directive on tobacco products may drastically change the habits of active smokers, who make up around 1 3rd of European citizens, or at least dissuade young people from taking up the tobacco habit. This is the aim of the European Commission , which, in December 2012 , proposed to ban slim , menthol cigarettes , to regulate more strictly the appearance of cigarette packs...

Industries : Tobacco

E-cigarette Key Players In Europe: Regulating Rising Use Of E-cigarettes.

Industry news
2 days ago
by Gale Group

From 2016, electronic cigarettes containing a certain amount of nicotine may come under the same rules as medicinal products, under a new measure forming part of the European Commission's proposed overcast of the directive on tobacco products. The Commission's aim is to ensure the safety of this new product that can be recharged with a cartridge containing nicotine , flavourings , that...

Industries : Tobacco

Tobacco Production Production Capacity: Pros And Cons Of Most Controversial Measures.

Company news
2 days ago
by Gale Group

The ban on slim cigarettes , characterising flavours, the appearance of packs , the regulation of e-cigarettes are indisputably the most controversial provisions of the legislative proposal. The tobacco Market claims that this combination of measures will have unprecedented economic , social consequences. The European Confederation of Tobacco Retailers (CEDT) says they will encourage...

Industries : Tobacco

Tobacco Production Innovation Trends In The United States: U.s. Smokeless Tobacco Assigned Patent

Company news
2 days ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-06-17 -- U.S. Smokeless Tobacco , Richmond, Va. , has been assigned a patent (8,458,996) developed by 6 Company-inventors for a "container device for tobacco articles." The Company-inventors are David Karl Bried , Nashville, Tenn. , James Arthur Strickland , Nashville, Tenn. , Mark T. Nielsen , Madison, Tenn...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Tobacco Market Position In The United States: 8 News Now At 4am June 17, 2013 04:25:58

Company news
2 days ago
by inewsnetwork Inc.

Las vegas, nv cbs 8 klas 8 news now at 4am june 17, 2013 04:25:58 researchers at the university of new hampshire looked at data from 36-hundred kids , found that fights between brothers , sisters can cause the same level of distress as peer bullying./// las vegas' nickname is 'sin city'.. But as reported by the movodo blog... We barely made the top 10. Surprisingly, sain...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

E-cigarette Market Position: Who Opposes E-cigarettes, And Why?

Company news
2 days ago
by Economist Intelligence Unit

They are less harmful than real cigarettes. But some people object to them anyway E-CIGARETTES are electronic vaporisers which mimic smoking, stripping away the dangerous part of puffing (the inhalation of tar from tobacco) , delivering just the nicotine. They do not cause gum disease or lung cancer to users; nor do they produce ash, unpleasant smells or noxious fumes for bystanders. Many t...

Industries : Tobacco

Cigarette Market Overview In The United States: Phelps' Bankruptcy Trustee Wants To Seize Us Dollars 103764 Found In Safe-deposit Boxes

Industry news
3 days ago
by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

2013-06-16 --A bankruptcy trustee wants U.S. Bankruptcy Court permission to seize US Dollars 103764 that has been found in safe-deposit boxes belonging to Calvin Phelps , his wife, Lisa Yamaoka Phelps . The request, made Thursday by attorneys representing trustee Peter Tourtellot , is the latest development involving Phelps. Phelps o4owned four bankrupt tobacco companies in Mocksville : ...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Smoking Data Innovation In Germany: Tobacco Ads Raise Teen Smoking Risk

Industry news
3 days ago
by Information Solutions

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that adolescents exposed to tobacco advertising are more likely to start smoking. The researchers have found that teens are at 38 % more likely to smoke with every 10 additional tobacco ads seen. The researchers at the Institute for Therapy a...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : Germany

N.c. Commerce Department Gets Us Dollars 1.6 Million Federal Grant

Industry news
4 days ago
by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

2013-06-15 -- The U.S. Labor Department announced this week a US Dollars 1.16 million grant to the N.C. Commerce Department as p3rdf its third round of the Workforce Data Quality Initiative. Overall, the agency provided a total of US Dol6s 6.4 million to six states. The...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Tobacco Market Overview In The United States: Accurate Group Enters Into Partnership With Optima

Industry news
4 days ago
by ProQuest Information & Learning

2 privately-held real estate transaction services companies based in Cleveland have formed a strategic partnership. as reported by a release, Accurate Group Holdings, incorporated announced that it has made an undisclosed investment to solidify its partnership with national title , settlement Industry player OPTIMA Lender Services. The investment , partnership signifies the interest of these private...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Cigar Innovation Trends In India: Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application For 'safety Device For Punches In A Compression Moulding Apparatus' Filed By Sacmi...

Company news
4 days ago
by HT Media

Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Safety Device for Punches in a Compression Moulding Apparatus' Filed by Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola MUMBAI, India , 2013-06-15 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (8864/CHENP/2011 A) filed by Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa Cooperativa, Bologna, Italy , on Nov. 30, 2011 for 'safety ...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : India

Tobacco And Cigarette/newspaper/liquor Stores Production Statistics In Pakistan: Foreign Direct Investment In Pakistan-by Industry - Press Note Issued By State Bank Of Pakistan

Company news
4 days ago
by Pakistan Press International

Following is the text of press note issued by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Quote FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN PAKISTAN -BY Market (Million US $) Sr. Market May-2013 (P) July-May FY13(P) July-May FY12 ...

Industries : Tobacco, Cigarette/newspaper/liquor Stores
Countries : Pakistan

Cigarette Market Position In The United States: Aqmd Hears Form Public Over Beach Fire Rings

Company news
4 days ago
by Associated Press, The

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) ? Southern California's anti-smog agency has heard an earful as it decides whether to regulate or even ban beach fire rings. The Orange County Register ( http://bit.ly/1526kqa ) say a woman c...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : United States

Smoking Data Market Overview In Canada: Canadian Cancer Society Challenges British Columbians To Reduce Smoking Rate From Double To Single Digits In 5 Years

Industry news
4 days ago
by Canada Newswire

VANCOUVER , 2013-06-14 /CNW/ - Today the Canadian Cancer Society BC & Yukon called on all British Columbians to bring the current smoking rate down from 14 to 9 per cent by 2018 in order to reduce tobacco-related deaths. While BC continues to lead the region with its low tobacco use rates, reduction of rates has plateaued , tobacco use continues to be the leading cause of preven...

Industries : Tobacco
Countries : Canada, United Kingdom