Italian oncologists propose to increase the price of cigarettes by 5 euros per pack, allocating the proceeds to public health: towards an amendment in the Budget? The economic burden and the effects on the Istat basket
The British government, led by Rishi Sunak, has given the green light to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, banning the sale of cigarettes for those born after 2009. A crackdown aimed at creating a "smoke-free" generation that has sparked…
A maneuver of 91 articles divided into approximately 100 pages. Tax wedge, pensions and quota 104, flat rate coupon at 26% confirmed. But there is no shortage of innovations such as the mandatory anti-disaster policy for businesses. Here are all the measurements
New squeeze coming for cigarettes, including electronic ones and Iqos: stop in dehors, parks and at bus stops. The news has sparked controversy and discussions even within the majority itself
New data from Philip Morris International confirms a trend sparked by "combustless" products: e-cigarettes and heated tobacco that provide alternatives for citizens who can't or won't quit smoking
The price increases of some cigarettes are triggered and not by a small amount: a good 20 cents more. Cigars and tobacco are also on the increase: here are the new price lists in Pdf
The Government has decided to increase the excise duties on cigarettes and, consequently, the final cost for users. Increases are also expected for 2024 and 2025. Here are the details
A report by Kpmg reveals that France is driving the European smuggled cigarette market, where in 2021 consumption soared by a third (+33%)
In our country, the counterfeit tobacco market is worth 3,4% of national consumption, against the 7,8% of the EU average - The Maciste project presented in Rome, which provides for the permanent monitoring of the phenomenon during a conference organized…
Responding to a parliamentary question, Minister Cingolani recalls a European Directive which obliges tobacco manufacturers to collect the butts guilty of being left on the street by smokers - The operation makes it probable that cigarette prices will rise
Two days of debate with public policy experts from around the world to testify the importance of encouraging the reduction of smoking harm for the regulation of a thriving and protected sector. Roberto Sussman (physicist):“In the science of tobacco and nicotine, politics has taken over and science is in…
The initiative promoted by the multinational aimed at making smokers aware of the abandonment of cigarette butts is back. It starts with Naples, Pescara, Matera and Perugia, on the occasion of World Environment Day
The ban on smoking in Milan comes into force from Tuesday 19 January: here are all the bans, exemptions and fines
Philip Morris Italia has chosen the Apulian city, where it will create 400 jobs by 2021, with an investment of 100 million. The DISC is yet another piece of a strategy in favor of alternative products to cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration has established that the harmfulness of nicotine also depends on the way it is taken: and alternative products, such as Iqos, appear to be less harmful.
The #ChangeGesto initiative promoted by Philip Morris also arrives in Rome, on Saturday 19 September 2020 at the Parco degli Acquedotti - With the aim of making all citizens aware of having more respect for the environment, starting with small gestures.
The green light from the FDA for Iqos products as an alternative to traditional cigarettes opens up new horizons in Italy too - Here's what Italian scientists think - For the CEO of Philip Morris Italy, eliminating traditional cigarettes becomes a…
According to a study published by Philip Morris International and carried out by KPMG, smuggled or counterfeit cigarettes are decreasing in Italy but still amount to 2,6 billion, that is 3,9% of total tobacco consumption, and subtract…
During World No Tobacco Day 2020, a group of independent experts strongly criticized the WHO's retrograde approach to new technology products such as electronic cigarettes which they consider much less risky than smoking and which continue…
Prices of some of the most popular cigarette brands have increased since February 18 - Here is the complete list of price increases
Change at the top of the world's fourth largest tobacco producer - The appointment will take effect immediately
Pathologies due to unhealthy lifestyles will be at the center of the National Congress on prevention for women: alcohol, poor diet and, in particular, cigarette smoking.
Altria owns 35 of Juul, a company under fire in the US for the epidemic of vaping among consumers of e-cigarettes
The two tobacco giants have a combined market capitalization of 210 billion dollars and theirs would in fact be a reunification after ten years, given that they split in 2008.
Throughout the month of August the initiative, promoted by Philip Morris Italia, will be conducted on the beach of Mondello, in Palermo - The weight of cigarette butts dispersed into the environment every year all over the world is 800.000 tons.
Here is the list of the new prices and all the brands of cigarettes, cigars and cigars affected by the increase started a few days ago. This was released by the Customs and Monopolies Agency after the provision was published in the Official Gazette.
The Guardia di Finanza has discovered in Acerra a factory entirely dedicated to the production of counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes with a very significant turnover - According to KPMG, the consumption of illicit cigarettes in Europe reaches 8,7% of the total -…
Crackdown on cigarettes in the Scandinavian country, where already today habitual smokers (declared) are only 11% of the population: in a few years smoking will be banned even in the vicinity of public places.
To raise cash, the government is inserting a new increase in excise duties: from 2019 the price of the packages will increase by 10 cents - But that's not all: a further increase of 5 cents is expected by March linked to indexation...
Sales drop throughout the country and tobacconists collect 7,5% less than 10 years ago - The sector's contribution to the Treasury, in any case, remains gigantic: around 14 billion euros a year
The company will also produce "green" cigarettes made in Italy with organic tobacco
On March 8, various brands of cigarettes increased the cost of packs from 20 - The increase is between 20 and 40 cents - From Chesterfield to Marlboro, from Merit to Diana passing through Philip Morris and Muratti: here...
The measure, which envisaged an increase in tobacco to finance innovative oncological drugs and palliative care, had been unanimously approved by the Senate commission - Doctors rise up: "We will continue the battle" - But the Government feared the growth…
Consip, the Government emerges unscathed - Pop Vicenza and Veneto Banca: no merger, but bad banks - Oil is sinking all stock exchanges: only luxury is saved - Goodbye Carla Fendi, icon of Made in Italy - Cigarette prices…
After the price increase arrived with the maneuver, the ball passes to the producers: they will decide whether to unload the tax increase on consumers' pockets by raising the price of cigarettes, cigars and finely chopped tobacco
The Government is once again about to take action on excise duties: each pack of cigarettes should increase by about 10-20 cents - Here are all the prices.
Bat bought 57,8% of Reynolds American thus creating the largest listed tobacco company in the world - Brands such as Winston, Rothmans, Pall Mall and Dunhill will also merge into the same family
The tobacco multinational bids farewell to cigarettes and focuses on IQOS, a new product based on a system that heats tobacco instead of burning it, generating an aerosol that releases a tobacco flavor - The new plant in…
While in Italy, according to the latest data from the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, there are 11,5 million smokers, over 20% of the population, according to data from the Swedish government, only 2015% of young Swedes smoked in 6: here is the reason why…
The price increase of one cent per cigarette, promoted by pharmaceutical companies and re-launched by Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin to finance access to oncological drugs, risks turning out to be counterproductive beyond the intentions - First of all, the increase…
In Italy, the market for "illicit whites", i.e. cigarettes legitimately produced in one country with the aim of illegally introducing them into another country, is worth 5,6% of total consumption, according to a Kpmg study, and about 770 million…
New rules for electronic cigarettes, shocking images on packs and goodbye to packs of 10 - Here are all the changes that come into force on May 20, 2016 - Objective: to reduce the number of smokers by 30% by…
Following the increase in tobacco excise duties that came into effect in January, the prices of some of the best-selling cigarettes have risen by 20 cents a pack - Here is the table of State Monopolies.
Twenty cents more on Marlboro, Merit, Diana, Cherstelfield, etc - Take yet another increase on cigarette packets - Here is the complete list.
ITALY IN THE TEST OBSERVATORY - The impact is around 17 billion euros and missed tax payments amount to 5 billion - From 2008 to 2014, 4 billion counterfeit products were seized in Italy - At the first…
The Ministry of the Economy is preparing a decree to increase the "minimum tax burden", the fixed part of the tax on smoking which has the greatest impact on the price: increases of up to 30 cents per package are on the way for those which cost, today, between …
New government decree that accepts EU directives: it will enter into force by Christmas - Stop 10 packs and small packs of tobacco - No smoking in the car in the presence of minors and pregnant women -…
The black market for cigarettes is growing in Europe and in Italy, where in 2014 it reached 4,42 billion "blondes" sold - The crux remains that of supply: the price of access to illegal cigarettes is enormously lower than that …
In January, tax revenues deriving from the new taxation on tobacco increased by 5% - Now the Government has two years to complete the tobacco reform in a European key - A breaking element is represented…
A tax of 10 euros plus VAT will be applied to each refill of 3,7344 milliliter e-cigarettes, an increase which, according to sector operators, could lead to increases in consumer prices of 150%.
After the increase in excise duties, producers have raised prices especially in the high-end of products and in various cases (Marlboro, Merit, Rothmans and others) the cost of a rigid pack of 20 cigarettes has been brought beyond…
In traditional smoking, the brands that keep the lowest prices will be the most affected, while for the most expensive cigarettes the variations will be minimal - Hoax on e-cig vials.
The many battles to protect the health of citizens against junk food, alcohol and cigarettes continue to prove ineffective, but there are those who want to continue along this path.
The tax increase will start in 2015 and will be between twenty and forty cents, but those who smoke the most expensive cigarettes will be less affected - Discounts on e-cigarettes instead.
The new excise duties will come into effect from 2015: price increases between 20 and 40 cents - Lowered the price of electronic cigarettes.
From 2015 January 50 a series of increases on excise duties capable of ensuring an additional revenue of 2014 million should come into force, but part of these changes will already be taken into consideration in this last part of XNUMX,…
The $56 billion wedding will give life to the world's number two tobacco company, capable of giving a hard time to the market leader, Altria Group, which holds a 50% market share with the most…
The government is working on the reorganization of the excise duties on tobacco, which could lead to an increase in the price of cigarette packets of up to 20 cents - Codacons is asking in exchange for the lowering of excise duties on petrol - An intervention is also planned on…
This is the case of the US Altria Group, Reynolds American and Lorillard, all engaged in starting or increasing the production of electronic cigarettes, despite the fact that doubts have arisen about the alleged advantages of these substitutes for smoking.
Reynolds American, owner of the Camel brand, would be about to merge with Lorillard, a leading company in electronic cigarettes - A possible merger of the two groups would create the number two company in the world in the sector.
The so-called shopping cart, the index which describes the trend in the prices of the most purchased goods, rose by 0,7% on an annual basis, slowing down compared to February (1,0%) and thus marking the lowest value since November of 2010.
Philip Morris is investing 500 million euros, according to what was communicated today by the US cigarette giant, in the Bologna plant, which will be the first in Europe to manufacture potentially low-risk products for smokers.
New rules on electronic cigarettes in the VAT-employment law: to sell e-cigs and refills, an authorization will be required to be requested from the Customs and Monopolies agency and to pay the presumed proceeds of the first two years of activity as a deposit - The consumption tax…
Linda McAvan, the rapporteur of the provision approved by the European Parliament declares herself aware of the economic repercussions that it will entail, but does not dramatize its scope - The activity of the lobbies on the eve of the vote in Strasbourg was very intense.
The yes of the European Parliament arrives to the new rules for the production of cigarette packets. Shock images and maxi health warnings will have to cover 65% of the packages. Now we await the negotiation with the Council for the final text.
The council of ministers approves the bill on smoking: no cigarettes, even electronic ones, in your car if you travel with minors and pregnant women and near schools - Highway Code: tightening on mini cars
Today we celebrate the World No Tobacco Day announced by the World Health Organization, with the total ban on sponsorship of tobacco products - An opportunity to reflect on a prohibitionist attitude that fuels smuggling and significantly reduces…
The European Union has established new safety standards for "blondes", which starting from November 18 will have to consist of a new special card that allows butts to go out by themselves. Poorly extinguished butt fires cause…