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Even if its $16bn investment in Swedish Match disappoints, annual cigarette sales of 600bn provide decent insurance
Acquisition takes company further into market for tobacco-free alternatives to cigarettes
European group’s success with chewing tobacco and pouches make for a tidy addition
Featuring snus. Also: therapy, DeFi, sports betting, etc.
Marlboro seller close to acquisition of maker of snus tobacco pouches in further shift away from cigarettes
Moscow’s smokers have been early adopters of heat-treated tobacco devices from Philip Morris and others
Group’s chair forecasts growing market but public health experts challenge sustainability claims
Tobacco group to transfer assets and operations to ‘local third party’ following similar move by BAT
Shares will continue to benefit from the rotation from high growth to value stocks
Companies turn to share buybacks as investors ditch stocks over ESG concerns
The maker of Lucky Strike cigarettes announces its first share buyback programme since 2014
Xi Jinping’s reform campaign will be tested by state interests in $235bn industry
Loose regulation has allowed companies to make big profits but Beijing has given investors a wake-up call
In rundown Great Yarmouth, where almost one in four adults smoke, the government’s target feels very ambitious
Smaller manufacturers push to get their products prescribed in the UK for a potentially lucrative new market
Chief executive Jacek Olczak tells FT that chapter involving fellow tobacco group is ‘closed’
Regulator signals it will allow devices to help smokers quit but not flavours popular with teens
Cigarette maker secures majority of shares in UK-based medical device manufacturer
Now that our kitchens and bedrooms are also our workspaces, employers have the chance to get tough
Japan’s largest brokerage introduces ‘intrusive’ restrictions but Japan Tobacco says it will not affect close links
Financial group’s ban on smoking during working hours should worry Japan Tobacco
We must allow companies to reinvent themselves and address the problems they helped create
Tobacco group lifts bid above £1bn in battle with Carlyle as private equity targets British businesses
Vaping and e-cigarette products account for more than a tenth of sales, Dunhill maker says
Brand ‘will disappear’ from UK shelves under diversification strategy, says chief executive
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