a state-owned enterprise that was privatized into Japan Railway companies in 1987. The special tobacco surtax, one of the four types of taxes levied on cigarettes, was created in October 1998 to ...

Big Tobacco has said it aims to switch over completely to low-risk products such as pouches, heated tobacco and e-cigarettes.

WHY IT MATTERS While Japan Tobacco is looking to ramp up revenue growth from smoking alternatives, such as its heated tobacco device Ploom, its third quarter results show how cigarette sales ...

E-cigarette use among teens has declined recently, but still, more than 1.6 million middle and high school students reported using the products in the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey.

Vaping's popularity is on a straight upward trajectory; the market value of e-cigarettes crept toward $2 billion in 2013. But the devices and the fluids that go in them are relatively unregulated, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized $76 million worth of unauthorized e-cigarettes, the federal agencies announced. The seizure announced ...

The study compared the effects of flavored and unflavored e-cigarettes. While all vaping can be harmful, the researchers found that added flavors can make it even worse. McGill Assistant Professor ...

Electronic Cigarettes: What About the Safety Concerns? The electronic cigarette concept is currently contested by several health groups, either for pragmatic reasons or because they are opposed to ...

Senators grill FDA regulators and Justice Department officials over rise of unauthorized e-cigarettes Government agencies have cracked down on a handful of manufacturers of e-cigarettes ...

Japan Tobacco on Thursday raised the full-year revenue forecast for its tobacco business for the second consecutive quarter, ...