July 11th, 2011
China CSR
Cigarette-maker Philip Morris USA filed two lawsuits last week in U.S. District Court against 34 New York City retailers for selling counterfeit versions of the company’s Marlboro brand cigarettes.
Philip Morris says it continues to take action against counterfeit sellers to protect its trademarks, support law enforcement, promote the lawful sale of its brands and safeguard the integrity of the legitimate distribution system. With this new lawsuit, Philip Morris says it has sued a total of 212 New York retailers for selling counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes.
July 8th, 2011
Forbes
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Philip Morris International is the world’s leading international tobacco company with eight of the world’s top 15 international brands, including Marlboro, the number one cigarette brand worldwide. Until a spin-off in March 2008, Philip Morris International was an operating company of the Altria Group.
The newly independent Philip Morris International sells tobacco products in the international markets while Altria maintains its operations in the US. Philip Morris International competes with British American Tobacco , Japan Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco Group plc in its various geographical segments.
July 1st, 2011
Convenience Store News
PHOENIX — After nine months and 500 inspections, state and federal officials have handed out warnings to 19 tobacco retailers. The statewide inspections are part of a crackdown on selling cigarettes to minors.
The Food and Drug Administration, working with the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS), issued warnings for violating tobacco-control laws to almost 4 percent of the businesses that were inspected, the Arizona Republic reported.
