Deaths caused by alcohol and smoking annually in SL number 15,000 and 20,000 respectively By Sujeewa Thathsara The recent increase in cigarette taxes will generate an additional profit of ...

The Alcohol & Drug Information Center (ADIC) claims that due to the 20% increase in alcohol taxes in 2023, alcohol ...

The prices of liquor will also increase by approximately 6% following the hike in Excise Duty imposed on liquor with effect ...

Normalised corporate earnings of Sri Lanka’s publicly quoted companies saw a 16 percent year-on-year (YoY) dip in the September quarter, despite posting robust earnings driven by an improving economic ...

There are two things that make for the perfect cup of tea; one is how it is brewed and the other is the setting in which it ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unveiled a proposed rule that would make tobacco companies slash nicotine levels in cigarettes, most cigars and other combustible tobacco products ...

It would require tobacco companies to immediately reduce nicotine levels to below the proposed ceiling by that date rather than in a tapered approach over time. It would also require manufacturers ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing limits on the level of nicotine in cigarettes and some other types of tobacco products in order to make them less addictive, the agency announced ...

Ling Chengxing, former director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, stood trial on Thursday in a court in Changchun ...

CHANGCHUN -- Ling Chengxing, former head of China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, stood trial on Thursday on charges of bribery and abuse of power.