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Lithuania to shoot down helium balloons smuggling thousands of cigarettes
28 Oct 2025 01:38 GMT
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Balloons packed with smuggled cigarettes keep drifting into Lithuania from … many as 1,600 black-market cigarettes were blown into its … director at Lithuanian Airports, a company which manages Vilnius, Kaunas … us at webnews@metro.co.uk.
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Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – new study
28 Oct 2025 00:21 GMT
… below this level, electricity producers still get the same … better with swings in Britain';s weather
The … , such as tobacco and sugar, where the industry does not pay … drain. They are investments facilitating cheaper energy for UK consumers.
Wind …
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One in 10 c-store owners fear Tobacco and Vapes Bill could lead to closures, poll shows
27 Oct 2025 21:41 GMT
… shop owners directly to business secretary Peter Kyle at … alternatives to tobacco and enforce an unprecedented generational smoking ban – … push consumers towards the black market.
Four in five (76% … believe they will help smokers quit.
Convenience stores are …
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Illegal cigarettes and vapes worth £3k seized after police raid on Lancaster shop
27 Oct 2025 17:35 GMT
… packets of illegal cigarettes, a carton of amber leaf tobacco and two … Order was placed on a business account after concerns were raised … Wanderstar, which cracks down on firms flouting the law across the … cash being laundered in the UK.
DI Libby Wadsworth, of …
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The smoking ban is emblematic of how the Tories lost their way
27 Oct 2025 15:58 GMT
… country and the business sector, including farming … a generational smoking ban that … markets where tobacco will remain freely available, nor constitutional arrangements in Northern Ireland … UK mainland can go to Northern Ireland, stock up on their cigarettes …
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New study may transform diagnosis of Britain’s number one cancer
27 Oct 2025 16:16 GMT
… factors, such as age and smoking history, can be used … both worldwide and in the UK
The current recommended ‘first … public funders, charities and industry to help shape a cohesive … is principally funded through UK international development funding from …
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Imperial Brands’ Paramount value cigarettes land in Northern Ireland
27 Oct 2025 15:24 GMT
… , full-flavour Virginia sun-ripened tobacco, Paramount has maintained a competitive … per cent of the UK cigarette market. In Northern Ireland the value sector has … of Consumer Marketing UK & Ireland at Imperial Brands. “Many smokers of value products …
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Smuggling gangs likely to capitalise on tobacco bill, experts say
27 Oct 2025 15:46 GMT
… unintentionally supercharge the black market.
“If the tobacco and vapes Bill … AM that without equal investment in law enforcement and … becoming even easier.”
“The UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill, though well … a generational ban on smoking was met with applause …
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Navigating transparency and disclosure in investor–state arbitration: procedural challenges explored
27 Oct 2025 14:55 GMT
… state may refuse to produce documents that are … transparency could endanger sensitive business or government information or … rules or investment treaties for the existing investor–state arbitration … 58] The case involved tobacco control measures, and the …
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Biviana Riveiro Disla speaks to The European about the Dominican Republic’s role as a hub for trade and investment
27 Oct 2025 12:35 GMT
… , with postgraduate studies in business law, economics, governance, … processes and encourage foreign investors. The results have been … cocoa, coffee, rum and cigars, alongside gold, medical … and investments can thrive in the most demanding markets.
Riveiro …