A row between leading cigarette makers and shopkeepers over who should pay the tax led to the boycott in the southern Indian state of Kerala. South Indian shopkeepers halt cigarette sales over new tax rules. We will continue our protest until the company yields to our demands or the government comes up with alternatives,' T. Monday, 16th April 2007, 10:02 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (XFN-ASIA) - Smokers in southern India have been forced to look around for their favorite brands as local...

Tobacco companies spent less money marketing and advertising their products in 2004 and 2005, after setting a record high in 2003, a federal agency said today. Most of the tobacco companies' promotional spending is in the form of price discounts to cigarette retailers and wholesalers to reduce the price of cigarettes to consumers, the FTC report said. The FTC has monitored cigarette sales and marketing trends in regular reports since 1967. The current bill may have better prospects for...

The traders have been demanding that the manufacturers effectively reduce their prices on cigarette and other tobacco products in Kerala state, said T. Cigarette stocks in shops in a southern Indian state dwindled Monday after wholesale traders stopped selling them to retailers because of a dispute with manufacturers over profit sharing. Naseeruddin said wholesale traders were facing severe hardship as their profit margins were only 3.25 rupees (less than one cent) on cartons of cigarettes...

Smugglers in cross hairs Elisabeth Johns / Standard-Freeholder Local News - Monday, May 07, 2007 @ 08:00 As local police forces seize more contraband cigarettes on a weekly basis in this region, the Ontario government has implemented additional penalties and punitive measures to stop cigarette smuggling, the Health Promotions Minister said. Smugglers in cross hairs Elisabeth Johns / Standard-Freeholder Local News - Monday, May 07, 2007 @ 08:00 As local police forces seize more contraband...

The offer trumps a rival bid of 47 euros per share by British cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco that is worth 12 billion euros. With anti-tobacco legislation starting to bite, the tobacco sector is in a process of consolidation as companies seek economies of scale and market watchers said the latest bid for Altadis could spark a bidding war for the firm. Altadis' board has unanimously rejected the offer by Imperial Tobacco, which was raised from an initial bid of 45 euros per share made in...

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