Thursday, 18 March 2010

Tobacco

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Imperial Tobacco sales up despite marketing crackdown

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 | By Russell Parsons

Imperial Tobacco, maker of the Regal, Embassy and the Rizla brands, has defied Government crackdowns on the marketing of cigarettes by posting the first increase in UK cigarette sales in almost four decades.

Government mulls plain packaging for cigarettes

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 | By Russell Parsons

The Government is looking at banning logos, colours and graphics from cigarette packets as part of set of measures aimed at cutting the number of UK smokers by half over the next ten years.