Bulgarian Tobacco Plant Ceases Cigarette Production
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Business: 20 January 2005, Thursday. The government decided Thursday to take away the one-year cigarette-production license of Vidin-BT AD tobacco factory.
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In Akram Abu Ghaben's hole-in-the wall grocery, cigarettes are no longer sold by the pack.
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Peru recently made a decision that appears destined to result in the equivalent of a global &quot;no smoking&quot; sign, a development that spells yet more trouble for tobacco companies.
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Under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, Myung Jin - who has been at this Greenwood Cigar and Variety for 20 years â-ust ban any displays that allow customers to touch tobacco products as well as remove any countertop displays for cigarettes starting May 31
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Altria Group Inc  is splitting the Marlboro cigarette business apart, saying Wednesday that it will spin off its Philip Morris International unit in move seen as unlocking the value of that faster growing business.
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PRAGUE- The Chamber of Deputies adjourned a vote on the "anti-smoking" bill that bans smoking at various public places and restricts the sale of tobacco and alcohol.
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British American Tobacco Hungary Kft, Hungary's largest local tobacco company by revenues, last Friday announced it will eliminate 90 production-related jobs at its plant in Pecs, southwest Hungary.
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Business: 28 November 2004, Sunday. Bulgaria's tobacco giant Bulgartabac invited an open bidding public tender for its shares in seven subsidiaries, the company announced.
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The country known for it high-quality cigars banned smoking of all kinds in public places Monday, as the Cuban government acknowledged the health risk of tobacco.
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JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 -- Gaza's only power plant ceased operating in the Gaza Strip on Sunday night, plunging much of the territory of 1.5 million Palestinians into darkness and winter cold. Palestinian officials said a three-day-old Israeli blockade had exhausted the fuel needed to run the plant.
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Business: 29 October 2004, Friday. British American Tobacco has been the only bidder to submit application papers for the purchase of two cigarette-making factories, it became known after the deadline expired 5 ...
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Photographer Frank Blum puffed  contentedly on a hand-rolled cigarette in a cafe in central  Berlin, blatantly ignoring a ban that went into effect in most  of Germany this month.
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government halts official business after deadly clashes with its rival Fatah.
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Under a sweeping decree that took effect Wednesday, smoking has been banned in every commercial corner of âentertainment and conviviality.â
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- Altria Group Inc.  said it plans to move its U.S.-based cigarette production for non-U.S. markets to its facilities in Europe and will close its Cabarrus, North Carolina manufacturing facility by the end of 2010.
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Cigarette sales in Ireland have fallen by 17.6 percent this year after it became the first country to impose a nationwide ban on smoking in the workplace.