European Fund Firms Largely Resist Tobacco Divestment Campaign

... Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco and Imperial Brands. "We ... reviewing a 16-year investment ban on tobacco after a study estimated ... , social and ethical risks with tobacco company management, and encouraged improvements ...

New Draft of Chinese Anti-Smoking Law Weaker Than Health Advocates Had Hoped

... , which oversees China National Tobacco Corporation, did not respond ... for comment. China National Tobacco Corporation makes hundreds of brands ... hoped for a complete ban on smoking in public ... the national law would completely ban smoking in public places. ...

Commentary: Keep Children Out of Indonesia’s Tobacco Fields

... and multinational tobacco companies buy the tobacco these children ... owns Sampoerna), British American Tobacco (which owns Bentoel), ... protect them. Tobacco companies should ban having children ... under 18 work in direct contact with tobacco ...

US FDA Says Eyeing Future Regulation on E-Cigarette Flavors

... a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products ... Drug Administration's center for tobacco products, said the agency would ... how many addicted smokers and tobacco users have actually been able ...

Adviser to Top EU Court Says EU Cigarette Law is Valid

... every year. The EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was ... requires measures including a ban on menthol cigarettes by 2020 ... across 65 percent of tobacco packages. It also preserves ... Lucky Strike maker British American Tobacco. Neither company was immediately ...

MUI's Din Syamsuddin Joins UN Quest for Sustainable Development

... launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2012, with ... widespread in Indonesia despite a ban issued by the Health Ministry ... Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control." Indonesia, a smoker's ...

Indonesia in Uneasy Glare as WHO Turns Its Focus to Tobacco

... “Countries must equally tax all tobacco products, ban tobacco advertisements, enforce pictorial warnings ... ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). “We respect ... Indonesia was committed to reducing tobacco consumption despite strong lobbying ...

With Feds Slow to Act, States Target E-Cigarette Sales to Minors

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Up in Smoke: Indonesian E-Cig Ban Plan Raises Concerns of Collusion

... and nicotine extracted from tobacco leaf. Trade Minister ... ban, with some people viewing it as a scheme between the tobacco ... that the ban is not because of the tobacco industry,” ... Abdillah said, listing some of the reasons behind the ban ...

China Starts Campaign to Snuff Out Smoking in Beijing

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