Major haul of 'UK-bound' tobacco
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Police in Madrid have seized over a million packets of cigarettes, which the authorities say were bound for Britain.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Mar. 6--TOKYO -- Japan Tobacco Inc. said Tuesday antitrust authorities in  Russia and South Africa have unconditionally approved JT's planned acquisition  of British competitor Gallaher Group Plc.
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The Government has launched a campaign warning smokers about the estimated one million fake cigarettes smuggled into the UK which contain lead and arsenic.
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Gallaher Group, the British tobacco firm being bought by Japan Tobacco, said Friday that its net profit jumped by 9.2 percent to 403 million pounds (598 million euros, 787 million dollars) in 2006.
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One of the customers of Britain's first offshore off-licence has goods seized by customs officials.
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An Irish trawler scooped up an unusual catch of cannabis worth up to 1.4 million euros (1.9 million dollars) in the Atlantic, customs officials said Tuesday.
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Japan Tobacco Inc. said on Friday it would buy Britain's Gallaher Group Plc for $14.7 billion in the biggest-ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company.
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British American Tobacco, the firm behind the Lucky Strike and Dunhill brands, sold 6% more cigarettes in the first nine months of the year and saw profits rise 20% to Â£1.
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British American Tobacco PLC posted a 60 percent jump in third quarter net profit Tuesday, thanks partly to lower taxation charges.
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Smokers are littering shorelines and waterways worldwide with millions of cigarettes, and their filters topped the list of trash items culled during last year's annual international coastal cleanup, according to a new report.
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A new global treaty on tobacco is sure to be trouble for tobacco companies.
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The government highlights the rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales.
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TOKYO -- Japan Tobacco Inc. announced plans Friday to buy Britain's Gallaher Group PLC for 2.25 trillion yen ($19.1 billion) in reportedly the largest-ever corporate acquisition by a Japanese company.
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Investors were addicted to tobacco stocks yesterday after the old speculation that Imperial Tobacco was plotting a major acquisition resurfaced.
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Legislation is being set out  under which all UK tobacco products will have to carry picture health warnings.
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Several hot drugs are generating smoking returns.
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Britain's Imperial Tobacco  said on Thursday it had agreed to buy Commonwealth Brands, the fourth-biggest cigarette maker in the United States, for 974 million pounds ($1.9 billion) in cash.