Tag: consumer

  • BAT quits nicotine inhaler to focus on vaping

    British American Tobacco (BAT) has quit plans to market a nicotine inhaler called Voke to focus on consumer items like e-cigarettes rather than health products. The move reins in BAT's earlier, very diversified approach to cigarette alternatives, which are being pursued by all big listed tobacco companies including Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International…

  • BAT quits nicotine inhaler to focus on vaping

    British American Tobacco (BAT) has quit plans to market a nicotine inhaler called Voke to focus on consumer items like e-cigarettes rather than health products. The move reins in BAT's earlier, very diversified approach to cigarette alternatives, which are being pursued by all big listed tobacco companies including Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International…

  • Consumer groups press Yum’s KFC to tighten antibiotic rules

    By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Consumer groups will deliver a petition from more than 350,000 people to the KFC restaurant chain on Wednesday, calling on the Yum Brands Inc unit to stop the routine use of antibiotics by the companies that supply its chicken. Several fast-food restaurants, which have been under fire for…

  • Health at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show — What to Expect

    At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which begins next week on January 4, 2016, we'll see a growing array of shiny new things to whet the appetite of car lovers, audiophiles, and videogame addicts. But the fastest-growing area of real estate in the CES footprint is digital health, where at the Sands Convention Center…