02 avril 2009
Greece cigarettes
Karelia Cigarettes
are produced in Greece, short (70 mm), king size (85 mm) or long (100
mm), soft or hard pack or wide flat hard box , 20 or 25 cigarettes in a
pack. Elegant sized and a smooth smoke. Tar volume 6mg Nicotine volume
0.6mg
Karelia Cigarettes Menthol: Tar volume 3mg Nicotine volume 0.3mg
Karelia Cigarettes Ultima: Tar volume 1mg Nicotine volume 0.1mg
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10 mars 2009
Imperial Tobacco, manufacturer of Davidoff cigarettes
Imperial Tobacco, manufacturer of Davidoff cigarettes and West, announced the forthcoming reduction of state employees at its 2440 people, 100 of whom will be dismissed from the company's unit in Russia. It is reported AFP. Most of the layoffs affect units of the French company, where 1060 people will lose work. In addition Imperial Tobacco plans to lay off 830 people in Spain, 260 - in Britain, 250 - and 100 in Germany - in Russia. Another 140 employees will lose work in offices Imperial Tobacco in Belgium, Italy, Slovakia and Ukraine. In doing so, tobacco companies will create 200 jobs in Poland.
Dismissals will be held as part of a plan to restructure business Imperial Tobacco, which resulted in the company by 2010 could save up to 300 million euros a year, the agency Thomson Financial. After that, annual savings Imperial Tobacco will increase to 400 million euros by 2012.
Imperial Tobacco began restructuring the business after the completion of the transaction to absorb the tobacco company Altadis. As a result of the merger was formed the second largest tobacco company in Europe after Philip Morris. The cost of the transaction amounted to 12.8 billion euros. Imperial Tobacco production capacity increased to 312 billion cigarettes a year.
Imperial Tobacco is the fourth-largest tobacco company in the world. It was founded in 1901 in Britain. Net profit company in 2007 amounted to 1.8 billion dollars.
04 juillet 2008
Are Electronic Cigarettes Better For Your Health?
Ontario's anti-smoking law is one of the toughest in the country. So is Toronto's own bylaw.
Both ban smoking in offices and enclosed
spaces. And both force puffers to head outside for a butt - even in the dead of
a -30C
Smokers have been forced to grin and bear it all these years, while crying they've been discriminated against. And many have been looking for loopholes to get around the all encompassing bans. And now some think they've found it, thanks to an electronic cigarette.
They're made by a company called Crown Seven. The user puts a nicotine capsule inside, then puffs on one end. The other end lights up just like a cigarette even though this product does not burn.
The gizmo delivers a hit of nicotine but lets out a puff of odourless water vapour instead of a plume of smoke. It only contains nicotine and not the hundreds of other chemicals that can be in a standard smoke.
It comes with a rechargeable battery that heats up the liquid nicotine and turns it into a gas. And since it's not technically a cigarette and doesn't threaten anyone else's airway, it may not fall under the strict laws regarding indoor puffing. But how does it taste?
"It's got a bit of a bite, sort of tobacco-like bite but it doesn't really taste like tobacco," reports volunteer Leo Jablonski.
They're for sale all over the Internet at a range of strengths and prices, and advocates insist they have lots of benefits. There's no chance of fire since you don't light them, they don't stain your teeth, there's no second-hand smoke and they may make quitting easier.
But vendors also claim they don't harm your health because the tar and smoke that comes with normal coffin nails isn't present.
"I think people need to be cautious," warns Dr Roberta Ferrence, director of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. "It's an unknown."
"The concern is that the product will probably be promoted as something that's safer than smoking," she adds.
Dr Ferrence doesn't think they're safe at all.
In an interview with CityNews Medical Specialist Dr Karl Kabasele, she pointed out the many disadvantages of this "smokeless" cigarette:
We don't know for certain that they are less harmful than regular cigarettes. They're not regulated, and because they're available in different strengths, it's difficult to gauge the danger.
It keeps smoking visible, and therefore increases its social acceptance, at a time when the Ontario government is working to make smoking "uncool."
Kids will have easier access to the gadget, and it may act as a gateway to the real thing.
It's not a tool to help you quit smoking; it's just a way to get around the smoking ban laws. There's no evidence that it can help with smoking cessation.
Finally, inhaling nicotine is the most addictive of all delivery modes.
However, the company never claimed it could be used to help you quit smoking.
"It's intended just for smoking alternative...for smokers to get their nicotine in nonsmoking environments," agrees Ron MacDonald, President and CEO of Crown Seven.
28 mars 2008
Declining U.S. Market for Cigarettes Forecast
The U.S. market for cigarettes has shrunk and is expected to continue to decline, Dow Jones reported March 25.
In fact, the rate of decline in the cigarettes market could accelerate, meaning bad news for Big Tobacco, analysts say. Philip Morris parent Altria, for example, expects the market to decline up to 3 percent annually over the next few years.
"We have highlighted accelerated volume declines as one of the bigger risks the industry faces," said Janice Hofferber, a vice president at Moody's Investors Service. Hofferber said that in the past, tobacco firms have raised prices to make up for sales declines, but "there is a limit to the pricing flexibility these companies have."
The market trend is attributed to higher tobacco taxes, bans on public smoking, and greater awareness of the health risks of smoking.
Big Tobacco firms have been trying to increase their share of the smokeless-tobacco market, but cigarettes still account for more than 90 percent of U.S. tobacco sales.
Still, industry experts say that tobacco stocks remain a good investment, in part because they have won some important legal victories in recent years. "Tobacco in general offers earnings stability and dividend security that are vital in uncertain times like we are experiencing right now," said Charles Norton, portfolio manager of the Vice Fund, which owns tobacco industry shares.