LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Britain's drug regulators have given the go-ahead for a British American Tobacco electronic-cigarette vaping device to be sold as a quit smoking medicine, the first such product to be given a drug licence in the UK. The decision to licence BAT's e-Voke product mea
Read more* Advocate General says EU tobacco law is valid, proportionate * Opinions are non-binding but often influence rulings * Tobacco firms remain hopeful that court view will diverge (Adds comments; changes headline) By Michele Sinner and Martinne Geller LUXEMBOURG/LONDON, De
Read more(Adds details) LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Imperial Tobacco Group plans to drop "tobacco" from its name and call itself Imperial Brands, which is more in keeping with its business now, it said on Tuesday. Big tobacco companies have diversified into cigarette alternatives as the world
Read moreLONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Imperial Tobacco Group said on Tuesday it plans to change its corporate name to Imperial Brands, subject to approval by its shareholders at its annual general meeting in February. The new name "better reflects the dynamic, brand-focused business that we are now",
Read more(ShareCast News) - There was a "material chance" that Imperial Tobacco would become a buy-out target, more so given its relatively low exposure to risks from emerging markets, Citi said. It also enjoyed rapidly growing dividends and its shares were trading on a low price-to-earings multiple, analyst
Read more(Adds quote, details) THE HAGUE, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Electronic cigarettes and water pipes will be banned in the Netherlands for children under 18 from next year, the government said, after finding that the devices were more damaging to health than expected. E-cigarettes, which electri
Read more(Adds Imperial Tobacco barrister, EU legal challenge) By Martinne Geller LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Big Tobacco took the British government to court on Thursday, arguing that the UK's "plain packaging" law, which will take effect next May, unlawfully takes away its intellectual proper
Read moreBy Martinne Geller LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Big Tobacco took the British government to court on Thursday, arguing that the UK's "plain packaging" law which will take effect next May, unlawfully takes away its intellectual property. Companies including Philip Morris International, Br
Read more(ShareCast News) - Goldman Sachs warned Big Tobacco it sees a $5bn annual profit hit from the impact of plain packaging on cigarettes, which the UK will impose next March and other countries following Australia's lead in the next few years. As a result of the long-term impact, Goldman downgraded
Read more(ShareCast News) - A battle of two Goliaths is due to take place this week, as Big Tobacco takes on Westminster and its proposed plain packaging law. The regulation, which would come into force in May 2016, would see the ubiquitous shelves of colourful cigarette brands replaced with graphic pictoria
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