Tobacco International articles from December 1990

Tobacco International archives from December 1990

Final figures 1990 Zimbabwe selling season. (World News)
December 15, 1990... HARARE, ZIMBABWE-Zimbabwe has had an excellent flue-cured tobacco selling season with record average price of 648.54Zcts/kg (116.35 UScts/lb) and a record gross realization of Z$868 million (US$342.7 million) in both Zimbabwe and U.S. dollar...

Smokers demand rights. (World News)
December 15, 1990... LONDON, ENGLAND-ON October 26 and 27, representatives of smokers' rights groups met at an international conference which was held in Helsinki, the first time that such a group has gotten together. There were over 120 delegates from 22...

Advertising launched to discourage youth smoking. (World News)
December 15, 1990... WASHINGTON, D.C.-A broad-based series of new initiatives were announced by The Tobacco Institute to discourage youth smoking and address recent concerns about cigarette marketing. The five new initiatives build upon the industry's...

Tobacco International 1990 Men of the Year.
December 15, 1990... For twenty years, TOBACCO INTERNATIONAL has endeavored to recognize those individuals in the industry who have excelled at their work. Men of the Year not only excel in business, but go beyond the call of their jobs to present an example to...

CORESTA 1990 and the Vienna Exhibition. (This Tobacco Business, Part XXXX)
December 15, 1990... The month of October 1990 could prove to be one of the most eventful in the annals of the international tobacco industry. The Tenth CORESTA Symposium was held in Kallithea, Greece, October 7-11, and the Tobacco Exhibition and Symposium was...

CORESTA proves again why it must exist and be strong.
December 15, 1990... The most recent gathering of the international CORESTA community, in Greece this autumn, highlighted yet again the vitality and importance of this global, tobacco science dedicated organization. The 10th CORESTA Symposium, held in October...

Capped by the Bollore accord, SEITA enjoys a spirited year. (Groupe Bollore)
December 15, 1990... SEITA-watchers have been busy this year, as the company proceeded to make news on several fronts. Most notably, in corporate action, SEITA has moved to acquire the cigar division of Rinsoz & Ormond, while just recently (at the end of...

China upgrades tobacco equipment.
December 15, 1990... The first Chinese-built production line to process 5,000 kg of tobacco shred an hour will soon replace old machines in Xuchang Cigarette Factory in central China's Henan province. The line has over 140 machines, and automation controls...

Dominican Republic: an emerging power in the cigar world.
December 15, 1990... On the eve of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World, cigar manufacturers are making a discovery of their own: the Dominican Republic. Says Mariano Doble, founder of the DON MARIANO label produced in...

A grade index for type 22 and 23 fire-cured tobacco. (Tobacco Science)
December 15, 1990... A definitive measure of leaf quality for Types 22 and 23 fire-cured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L) has been developed in the form of a grade index. The index allows a determination of treatment effect on fire-cured tobacco quality that is...

Pathogenicity and vegetative compatibility of fusarium oxysporum isolated from tobacco. (Tobacco Science)
December 15, 1990... By JAMES A. LAMONDIA Associate Plant Pathologist, Dept. Plant Pathology and Ecology, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory, Windsor, Conn. Contribution received April 30, 1990; Tob. Sci. 34: 105-108, 1990. ...