Tobacco Products

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  Anti-counterfeit ink tech bags Australian government funding

  Researchers at Macquarie University in Australia have been awarded funding for their work on a 4D security ink.

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  WHO postpones key tobacco control meetings until 2021

  Pandemic forces the UN agency to set it meetings on its Illicit Trade Protocol and tobacco control by a year.

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  Growing cargo mountain due to coronavirus a security risk

  Disruption to global supply chains caused by COVID-19 has resulted in a massive increased in stored goods that is vulnerable to theft.

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  Legal challenge to EU’s tobacco traceability fails on appeal

  The EU Court of Justice has thrown at a lawsuit challenging the traceability provisions of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).

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  Fake menthol cigarettes seized ahead of UK ban

  Illicit menthol cigarettes seem to be on the increase in the UK ahead of the upcoming ban in May, says JTI.

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  Illegal vapes seized by customs in Cincinnati

  Customs officers in Cincinnati have seized 72,500 counterfeit flavoured vape pod packets worth more than $1.1m.

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