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In Italy, Milan bans tobacco outdoors
The first Italian city to extend its smoking ban outdoors, Milan cites air pollution. The places concerned and the arguments put forward by the city council.
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New Zealand set to ban tobacco
New Zealand says it wants to become the first tobacco-free country and to ban sales to anyone born after 2004. The measures announced and the reasons given by the government.
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Can you smoke at the wheel of your car?
Smoking while driving is not prohibited as such, but two texts frame the situation. What French law and the highway code say, in particular when a minor is on board.
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Lobbying: does the tobacco industry apply pressure everywhere in the world?
The influence of cigarette makers varies widely from one country to another. A survey of tobacco lobbying, from Asia where it weighs heavily to the countries that keep it at arm’s length.
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Zippo moves into eyewear
Since 2016 the lighter giant has been diversifying, even at the risk of surprising its followers. A look at the Zippo eyewear range, from sunglasses to reading glasses.
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Smoking: the 2020 Christmas selection
Christmas 2020 has a particular flavour, but nothing stops you spoiling the people close to you. The Smoking shop selection of gift ideas, for smokers and non-smokers alike.
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Republic Technologies buys Innovative
Republic Technologies, the owner of OCB, JOB and ZIG-ZAG, has bought Innovative, the e-liquid maker based in Angoulême. What the two companies say the operation is aiming at.
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Spain: smoking banned in public places
Faced with the resurgence of Covid-19, Spain has extended the ban on smoking in public places to the whole country, after Galicia and the Canaries. The measure in detail.
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Cigarettes: a likely fall in the number of cartons brought into the country
Until now it has been possible to bring back up to 4 cartons per person from a stay abroad. That limit could fall to 1 carton, and the price gaps explain why.
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Zippo prize draw, August 2020
A draw open to anyone of legal age from 29 July to midnight on 27 August 2020: how to enter, the gifts and vouchers at stake, and the four winners drawn on 28 August.
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BIC buys the Djeep lighter factory
BIC has acquired the Djeep factory at Guidel, in the Morbihan, for at least 40 million euros. What the purchase changes for the French lighter maker.
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Zippo: 600 million units sold
The American firm passed the 600 million lighter mark in June 2020, 88 years after George G. Blaisdell set it up. How a family business became a multinational, and the edition marking it.
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The BIC Redon factory makes protective visors
The lighter giant has adapted during the Covid-19 epidemic: the BIC factory at Redon has turned to protective visors, close to 20,000 of which have been distributed.
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The European Union says goodbye to menthol cigarettes
The sale of menthol cigarettes in the European Union is now prohibited. Decided in 2014, the ban took 6 years to come into force. What anti-smoking campaigners say about it.
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A new tobacco tax because of Covid-19
A hidden new tax on tobacco is already causing teeth to grind. Amendment no. 431 to the 2020 finance bill would offset the waiving of rents through duties on tobacco.
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The lighter is becoming a must-have jewellery accessory
Designers are showing lighters as pieces of jewellery and fashion accessories in their own right. During fashion week 2020, the lighter took the lion’s share of attention.
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Coronavirus: Maison Berger makes hand sanitiser solutions
Maison Berger, a specialist in fragrance diffusers, has started making hand sanitiser solutions, 4,000 litres of which are being given to the Rouen university hospital.
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Smoking.fr, winner in the ranking of the best online retail sites
The e-commerce site Smoking.fr adds another string to its bow and now carries the Capital “Meilleurs sites de commerce en ligne” label, awarded on no fewer than 50 criteria.
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Tobacco: the end of advertising in Germany from 2024
The last European Union country to allow billboard advertising for tobacco, Germany is to bring it to an end in 2024. The terms of the debate across the Rhine.
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Smoking.fr gets a new look
Smoking.fr is changing its design: simpler navigation, a reworked search and new arrivals brought to the fore. A look at the changes made to the site.
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Maison Berger launches car diffusers
Maison Berger now offers elegant car diffusers to scent the inside of your vehicle. A look at the clip-on models, their refills and the fragrances on offer.
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