1900 Beiyang Newspaper Bureau published the Tobacco Planting Law written by Xu Shulan, a native of Shaoxing, and introduced the tobacco planting method in Xinchang.
190 1, 13 British Tobacco Company jointly established Imperial Tobacco Company.
1902 In September, British American Tobacco Company jointly established a tobacco trust organization-British American Tobacco Company. Headquartered in London and new york. The chairman is Duke, the American tobacco king.
1903 world cigarette trust British American tobacco company set up a factory in China to produce and sell cigarettes locally.
1904, the Qing government sent a letter to the British ambassador, agreeing that cigarettes manufactured by British American Tobacco Company in China should be taxed according to cut tobacco (0.45 taels per kilogram). This letter is called "Celebrating the Prince's Contract".
In the same year, Japan further strengthened the monopoly system, and on the basis of 1899 monopolizing tobacco planting and purchasing, the national tobacco factories were brought into government management.
1905, Jane and Jane Yujie invested HK$ 654.38 million to establish Nanyang Tobacco Company in Hong Kong. 1909 moved to Normal Shanghai, renamed Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company, and launched "Pegasus" and "Airship" brand cigarettes.
1907 A.C. Monk Company, an American company specializing in tobacco trade, was established.
19 1 1 year, a Russian businessman, old barto, established old barto father and son tobacco co., ltd in Harbin, and 19 14 year was merged by British American tobacco company.
19 12, Moleyns company was established, mainly designing and manufacturing cigarette packaging machines.
19 13, Camel brand cigarettes designed and produced by R.J.Beynolds Industrial Company came out, which followed the footsteps of American soldiers all over the world during World War II.
In the same year, British American Tobacco Company successfully planted American flue-cured tobacco in Weifang, Shandong, Fengyang, Anhui and Dengxian, Henan.
19 14, China Tobacco was exhibited at the World Expo held in San Francisco, USA to celebrate the passage of the Panama Canal and won the gold medal.
19 15, Beiyang government promulgated the Interim General Rules of National Tobacco and Alcohol Sales and the Organic Law of Tobacco and Alcohol Sales Stack, and established the National Tobacco and Alcohol Sales Bureau, and the same institutions were set up in all provinces. The national tobacco and alcohol sales organization decides to open the sales price and notify all localities to implement it, and the public sales income belongs to the central finance.
19 16, Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company set up a cigarette factory in Shanghai. 19 18 was reorganized into Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd., registered in Beiyang government, and the enterprise center was moved from Hong Kong to Shanghai.
19 19, Philip Morris tobacco co., ltd was established in Virginia, USA.
1924, Celanese Company of America was established. The company was established, and a factory was established to produce acetate fiber tow according to the acetate fiber tow developed by scholar Camille Dreyfus.
In the same year, the American Reader's Digest published an article entitled "Is tobacco harmful to human body? This is the first article on "Smoking and Health", which has attracted the attention of the world.
In the same year, Philip Morris Company developed a hybrid Marlboro brand cigarette, which became popular all over the world.
1927, British doctor F. E. Thulden wrote in the medical journal Scalpel that every lung cancer patient he saw or heard smoked.
1930, Qianjin Company in Reston, Germany introduced a cigarette machine that produced 1800-2000 cigarettes per minute.
In the same year, Italian Sasib SPA company was established, mainly producing smoke machine equipment.
1934, Zhong Yi Tobacco Co., Ltd. was established as the sales agent of British American Tobacco Company in China.
During the period of 1938, when botanist Cai moved to Yunnan from War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, she successfully planted flue-cured tobacco "Dajinyuan" seeds in Virginia, USA. After liberation, after years of cultivation, "Dajinyuan" has become the best tobacco variety in China-Yunnan No.1.
In the same year, a biology professor at Johns Hopkins University surveyed 68 13 people and found that 66% of non-smokers lived over 60 years old, while only 46% of smokers.
194 1 During World War II, President Roosevelt declared tobacco as an important crop and tobacco growers could postpone military service.
1942, the first tobacco factory in Yunnan-Kunming Asia Tobacco Factory was established. Geng Jin, the owner of the factory, commemorated the day when his brother Geng led his troops to follow the armed uprising of General Cai E (191kloc-0/01010/0/0, that is, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month). It means a bumper harvest in September, wishing the country prosperity and the people a peaceful future.
In the same year, the Kuomintang government promulgated the Provisional Regulations on Tobacco Monopoly in Wartime, which was the first formal regulation on tobacco monopoly in China. According to the regulations, the scope of tobacco monopoly is cigarettes such as cigarettes, cigars and flue-cured tobacco and cigarette paper with mechanism or imitation mechanism. In addition to determining the exclusive rights of the government, the Regulations only adopt control policies on production, transportation and marketing, while others are still private production, commercial transportation and commercial marketing.
1945, after the second world war, after the defeat of Germany, a unique trading method appeared in the occupied area of the US military. Cigarettes have replaced the devalued Imperial Mark as an alternative currency for daily business activities.
1946, the first meeting of the North American Tobacco Chemical Research Association was held; Ni Hao company was established, mainly engaged in the production of range hood equipment.
65438-0948, Journal of American Medical Association reported that from the psychological point of view, tobacco can relieve mental stress, so there is no need to object.
In the same year, the patent of straightener appeared on tobacco machinery, and the tobacco machine has been greatly transformed since then.
1949, tobacco chemists research society was established. On June+10, 5438, the Agricultural Research Office of the Agricultural Research Institute of the United States Department of Agriculture held a tobacco seminar. At the meeting. Sixty-seven experts from various disciplines discuss how to improve the scientific and technological level of tobacco production and processing, and hold a meeting once a year. 195 1 was officially named as the seminar for tobacco chemists.
1950, the "Zhonghua" brand cigarette produced by China Tobacco Company was born. The box of this brand has a solemn Tiananmen Square and a Chinese watch, which has since become a symbol of "national smoke".
195 1 year, the first world cigarette congress was held in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. About 50 countries attended the meeting, which discussed tobacco planting technology, economy and the influence of cigarettes on human body.
1952, Zhong Yi Tobacco Company merged into Shanghai Zhonghua Tobacco Company.
1953, Ronald Reagan appeared in an advertisement. With a cigarette in his mouth, he said, "Smoking is not uncomfortable."
1954, the royal medical association published the report on smoking and health for the first time, which linked smoking with lung cancer and attracted the attention of the medical community and all aspects.
1955, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission prohibits claiming health benefits in cigarette advertisements.
In the same year, the German Fokker Company was established, mainly producing packaging machines for the tobacco industry.
1956, representatives of 24 organizations from 18 countries gathered in Paris and formally established the "Tobacco Research Cooperation Center", with its secretariat in Paris. 1986 has developed into an international organization with 14 1 groups from 57 countries and regions.
In the same year, due to the invention of the suction molding method, the cigarette machine designed by Moline Company in England according to this principle opened a new chapter in the cigarette industry, marking the beginning of large-scale mechanized cigarettes.
1957 The research group established by American Cancer Heart Institute, American Association for Cancer Research and American Heart Association clearly declared that smoking has a direct or causal relationship with lung cancer.
1962, the report "Smoking and Health" was published by the Royal Society of Internal Medicine, which provided the first evidence that smoking was the main cause of lung cancer. Since then, a war of words between smoking ban and tobacco production has started.
From 65438 to 0963, 25 Swedish scientists launched an anti-smoking campaign and established the National Association on Smoking and Health. China Tobacco Industry Company was established, which implemented highly centralized and unified management of tobacco, cigarette production, tobacco leaf purchase, redrying, allocation and distribution, and integrated production and supply. After rectification, the number of cigarette factories in China increased from 104 to 6 1.
From 65438 to 0964, the report "Smoking and Health" was first put forward by the US Department of Health based on more than 6000 papers. The conclusion is that smoking is an extremely important factor related to disease and death, and immediate measures are needed. This basically solves the debate whether smoking will promote cancer.
1966, a warning message began to be printed on cigarette boxes in the United States: "Be careful-smoking is harmful to health".
1967, the first international conference on smoking and health was held in new york. Since then, it has been held every four years to promote international cooperation and strengthen smoking cessation.
1969, the European Council, which belongs to the World Health Organization, passed a resolution that smoking is seriously harmful to human health, and smoking is prohibited in places where the World Health Organization meets.
197 1 year, the second international conference on smoking and health was held in London.
197 1 year, China began to trial-produce medicinal cigarettes, which were later renamed as new mixed cigarettes.
From 65438 to 0972, Zuo Tianjue, an American Chinese, published Tobacco Physiology and Biochemistry in the United States. This book systematically summarizes the relationship between tobacco quality and plant physiological and chemical components.
1973 established lovemen international company, which mainly produces and sells tobacco products.
1974, the United Nations Health Organization convened an expert committee to study the effects of smoking on health. The committee put forward three general suggestions and 12 specific strategies to governments and international organizations to reduce smoking among teenagers and help smokers quit smoking.
From 65438 to 0975, the Third International Conference on Smoking and Health was held in new york.
In the same year, Norway passed a law restricting the sale of tobacco products.
In the same year, Swedish researchers found that nicotine can improve human brain function.
65438-0976 The World Health Organization passed a resolution at the World Health Assembly and formulated a policy to promote smoking cessation.
In the same year, French Health Minister Simone launched a campaign to ban smoking, resulting in a 45% decrease in tobacco consumption in France.
In the same year, Finland launched a nationwide campaign on smoking and health education, and the Parliament passed the Tobacco Law.
1977, the American Cancer Society initiated and decided that 1 1 year1October 2 1 day was the national smoking cessation day.
In the same year, the Royal Society of Internal Medicine changed smoking and health to smoking or health, and submitted the third report.
From 65438 to 0978, the second expert meeting of the United Nations World Health Organization released a report on controlling the smoking plague. The organization's Technical Committee on Smoking and Health concluded that smoking is the cause of death in countries where smoking is common.
65438-0979 The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Light Industry of China jointly issued a notice, and with the approval of the State Council, issued the Notice on Promoting the Harmfulness of Smoking and Controlling Smoking, which showed the policy and position of the China government on smoking control.
1980, Dr. Mahler, Director-General of the World Health Organization, delivered a speech on designating April 7th as the Day of Quitting Smoking, calling for a global campaign to "choose smoking or health".
In the same year, some scientists found that protein could be extracted from the green tissue of tobacco, which opened up a new way for the application of tobacco in human life.
198 1 year, the world health organization held a conference on tobacco control in developing countries in Colombo, and put forward the call to achieve the goal of no smokers in 2000 and let everyone enjoy health.
1982, the Ministry of Light Industry of China issued the Notice on the Formal Establishment of China Tobacco Corporation, and decided to formally establish China Tobacco Corporation from the platform ticket date of 1982, implementing centralized management of production, supply, sales, personnel and finance, thus formally establishing the tobacco monopoly and centralized management system.
In the same year, the United Nations World Health Organization convened the third expert committee to formulate a report on tobacco control strategies in developing countries.
1983 the fifth international conference on smoking and health held in winnipeg, Canada, suggested that the production and export of cigarettes with tar content exceeding 20 mg/cigarette should be stopped worldwide, and all cigarettes and smoking products should be marked with warnings that smoking is harmful to health. And clearly indicate the contents of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide. The State Council, China issued the Regulations on Tobacco Monopoly on September 23rd of the same year, and decided to establish the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau.
1984, the state administration for industry and commerce of China decided to prohibit the use of all means of publicity to advertise the sale of cigarettes.
In the same year, the United States launched a campaign to quit smoking. Derrick Reynolds, the grandson of the tobacco king, aged 3 1, gave up smoking and sold his shares in Renault Tobacco Company. Later, he became a spokesman for the anti-smoking campaign of the American Lung Health Association.
China Tobacco Corporation officially joined the World Tobacco Research Cooperation Center and was elected as a member of the board of directors on 1986.
1985 Approved by the State Commission for Economic Restructuring and China Association for Science and Technology, china tobacco society was established, with Li, director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, as the chairman.
1985, the Japanese government ended the monopoly system and reorganized the government monopoly organization into an enterprise-Japan Tobacco Co., Ltd.
From 65438 to 0986, the 39th World Health Organization General Assembly passed 22 resolutions on quitting smoking. Many governments in the world have issued notices: smoking is forbidden in public places, calling on people not to smoke, advising people to quit smoking and banning tobacco TV advertisements. The Korean government announced the lifting of the ban on smoking foreign cigarettes, and the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau was reorganized from an official government agency into a state-owned company. The old French monopoly organization was reorganized from a government agency into a nationalized enterprise with private capital.
1987, the United Nations World Health Assembly made a resolution: April 7th is World No Tobacco Day.
In the same year, China's first smoking and health association-Beijing Smoking and Health Association was established.
1988 countries and regions where smoking is prohibited from New Year's Day: Tokyo Metro 19 1 station in Japan prohibits smoking; Smoking is prohibited in offices and hospitals of Philippine government agencies; Canada has expanded the scope of smoking ban and banned all kinds of newspapers, radio stations and TV stations from advertising cigarettes; Officials in 67 provinces in Turkey have enacted smoking ban regulations, with the Minister of Health taking the lead. Some celebrities1announced on national television on October 9 that they would smoke their last cigarette. Subsequently, Spain, Italy, Australia, Norway and other countries made active efforts to ban smoking in all public places by law. The British government has decided that from 1988, March 12 every year will be the "National Quit Smoking Day".
In the same year, the 9th International Tobacco Science Conference was held in Guangzhou, China. 4 15 representatives from more than 60 countries and regions on five continents attended the meeting. The theme of the conference is "Tradition and Innovation". At the meeting, * * * published papers 127, among which China published papers 15.
1989, because April 7 is the anniversary of the establishment of the World Health Organization, and on this day every year, the World Health Organization will put forward a theme of health care requirements. In order not to interfere with its health theme, the World Health Organization decided to designate May 3 1 day as World No Tobacco Day every year. The slogan of this year's World No Tobacco Day is "Growing up in a smoke-free environment".
1990 Dr. Hong from the Genetic Engineering Center affiliated to Korea Institute of Science and Technology successfully extracted insulin from tobacco by transplanting human insulin gene into tobacco tissue after three years' efforts.
The Norwegian government has announced the decision to "quit smoking within ten years".
The World Smokers' Congress was held in Helsinki, Finland from 26 to 27 October on 10/KLOC-0. 125 delegates from 22 countries attended the meeting, which held that smoking is a human right and called on people to respect their hobbies.
199 1 year, the world health organization issued a seven-year action plan to control smoking, from 199 1 to 1997, smoking was banned in public places. In July, the 20th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh NPC of China passed the Tobacco Monopoly Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
1992 At the 25th Olympic Games held in Barcelona, Spain in September, the organizing committee decided to ban smoking and tobacco advertising in all competition venues. In June+10/October, 5438, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with 173 member countries passed a resolution to ban all its members from smoking on civil commercial flights from June+July 1 day, 996, thus promoting the smoking cessation campaign to the whole world.
Ni Hao Company demonstrated its newly developed Protos II cigarette maker, with a production speed of 654.38+600,000 cigarettes per minute.
An Australian woman named Les filed a complaint with the Sydney District Court on the grounds that passive smoking caused asthma and emphysema and demanded compensation from her employer. At the end of May of the same year, the jury of the court ruled that the employer, South Wales Health Bureau, compensated the plaintiff, Les, for violating the Australian Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. This case, known as the world's "landmark smoking cessation case", spread rapidly and caused a sensation in world public opinion.
1993, France further weakened the direct control and monopoly power of tobacco. According to the privatization law, SEITA, a monopoly institution, is a state-owned enterprise, and later sold most of its shares to investors and the public.
During the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Thailand from 65438 to 0995, Professor Judith MacKay, director of the Asian Tobacco Control Consulting Center, pointed out that Asian female smokers account for 2%- 10% of women.
1996, Reynolds Company purchased a $55 million stake in Tanzania Tobacco Company, which is the largest tobacco enterprise in Africa with annual sales exceeding $75 million.
1On July 3, 1997, Li Peng, Prime Minister of the State Council, China, issued the State Council Order No.223, promulgating the Implementation Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Tobacco Monopoly Law. In August, the 10th World Conference on Tobacco or Health was held in Beijing, China.
1999, according to some states in the United States, tobacco companies were sued for smoking endangering health. After months of hard negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement: four tobacco companies will pay 250 billion US dollars in compensation in the next 25 years, and distribute it to the states according to the population and the losses caused by smoking.
1999 65438+ 10, British American Tobacco Company, the second largest tobacco company in the world, publicly invested $7.6 billion to acquire Fulemen International Company, the fourth largest tobacco company in the world, by means of stock purchase, making its share in the world tobacco market quite close to that of Philip Morris Company. The merger will be completed before June.
Japan Tobacco Company (JT) acquired RJRN's overseas institutions for 950 billion yen, aiming at enhancing the competitiveness overseas, especially in Asia.