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UK regulators license BAT e-cigarette as quit-smoking medicine

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

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UPDATE 2-Big Tobacco faces blow as top court adviser backs EU law

* 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

UPDATE 1-Imperial Tobacco plans to change name to Imperial Brands

(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

Imperial Tobacco to change name to Imperial Brands

LONDON, 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",

Imperial Tobacco may become a take-over target, Citi says

(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

UPDATE 1-Dutch ban vaping for under 18s, say more harmful than thought

(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

PRESS: Tobacco Giants Start Case Opposing UK Packaging Rules - FT

UPDATE 2-Big Tobacco takes UK government to court over plain packaging

(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

Big Tobacco takes UK government to court over plain packaging

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 property. Companies including Philip Morris International, Br

Cigarette plain packaging to cost Big Tobacco USD5bn a year, says Goldman Sachs

(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

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Big Tobacco to take on plain packaging in court

(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