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January/February 2010

• North Carolina Considers Reinstating Cigarette Stamps
• New Legal Battle in Kenya
• Editorial: Tax Assumptions Go up in a Puff of Smoke
• New York Locks Horns with Native Americans
• Poland Extends Phasing in of New Stamps
• Ministry Attacks Plans for 400% Tax Rise in Russia
• German Smokers Turn to Contraband
• Counterfeit Corner
• Case Study: California – Encryption Provides Key to Recapturing Revenues
• Technology Profile: Security Through Digital Print
• Intelligent Tracking Service for Wines
• Covectra – New Identity as Company Extends End-to-End Security Solution
• Drinks Industry Lacks Awareness, Says Survey
• 2nd Tax Stamp Forum
• Dates for INB-4
• Plain Packaging Proposed in UK

March/April 2010

• Editorial: Illicit Tobacco - It's a War Out There
• Contraband Killing Convenience Stores
• System Upgrade from Verify Brand
• Manufacturers Criticise KRA
• New Stamp Contract for Azerbaijan
• New Stamps for Moldova
• Tobacco Underground – the Scale of the Illicit Trade
• Regulation Provide Key Focus for TMA's 2010 Conference
• Tax Stamp Forum – Combating Illicit Trade in Alcohol and Cigarettes
• SIPCA Wins Security Marking Contract in Morocco
• Product and Document Fingerprinting – Intrinsic Authentication and Traceability
• Philip Morris Steps Up Action Against Rogue Retailers
• US Tackles Illicit Tobacco Shipments
• Digital Stamps Fail to Impress in Maryland
• Filtrona/Payne Expands Security Production
• No Agreement reached on FCTC Illicit Trade Protocol – What Next? 

May/June 2010

• TMA Meeting Exposes Ironies of Tobacco Change
• Kazakhstan Upgrades Alcohol Banderoles Change
• New EU Directive on Tobacco Tax to Reduce Illicit Trade Change
• Editoral - USA: Tobacco Industry Under Serious Scrutiny Change
• Atlantic Zeiser Launches Banderole Printer Change
• More Hologram Stamps for India Change
• Covert Authentication for Wine and Cigarettes Change
• Massachusetts Stamp Program Underway Change
• Indiana Study Rejects Digital Stamps Change
• Contraband Cases Settled in Canada Change
• Australia’s Gift to Counterfeiters Change
• Moves Towards a US Federal Stamp System Change
• Smuggled Tobacco Prevention (STOP) Act Change
• Sea Change in US Tax Stamp Environment Change
• Case Study: Electronic Tax Stamps and Commodity Products in Belarus Change 

July/August 2010

• Industry Comes Together over CODENTIFY™
• 170 Million Tax Stamps for Delaware Change
• New Owner for BemroseBooth Change
• Loss of Stamps in Kenya Change
• New Laws Bring Native Americans Together Change
• Tax Stamp Sales Increase in Maine Change
• Case Study: Massachusetts and the Master Settlement Agreement Change
• BAT Commits to Tackling Illicit Trade in Europe Change
• DROP Combines Visual and Digital Authentication with Track & Trace Change
• FTA Tobacco Section Annual Meeting Change
• Nano ePrint – a Solution for Low Cost Track & Trace Change
• Bets Off for SICPA as Philippines Aims for Cheaper System Change
• Success for Mauritius’ First Tobacco Stamps Change
• Debate Over the Future of Tax Stamps Change
• NLETS – a Model for Sharing Track and Trace Data Change
• 2nd Tax Stamp Forum – the Landscape for Effective Revenue Collection Change 

September/October 2010

• Pole Position for SICPA as it Acquires Meyercord Revenue from ITW
• Imperial Tobacco Signs Up to EU Battle Against Illicit Trade
• Editorial: Tobacco Taxation and the Global Economy – Interesting Times Ahead
• New Bidder for Philippine Stamps
• HoMAI Calls for Holographic Stamps in India
• SICPA Wins New Contract for California
• News In Brief
• WCO Reports 10% Increase in Illicit Tobacco
• Tobacco Tops List of EU Counterfeits in 2009
• Viewpoint: What’s Wrong with Canada?
• Case Study: Tax Stamps in a High Duty Regime – the Irish Experience
• California Marijuana Tax Stamps
• Technology Feature: Generating $200m Tax Revenues in Ukraine
• Gathering of US Tobacco Tax Administrators
• 3rd Tax Stamp Forum Comes to Washington DC – September 2011 

November/December 2010

• Canada's New Tax Stamps Get the Go-Ahead
• Editorial: Combining the Interests of Brand Owners and Revenue Agencies
• Use of Tax Stamps Spreads in Africa
• EU Proposes End to Branded Cigarettes
• Largest Ever Seizure of Fakes in Spain
• Bali Introduces New Holographic Liquor Stamps
• New Tax Stamp System for Albania
• Case Study: the Importance of Numbered Tax Stamps
• Holographic Shrink Sleeve Technology for Alcohol
• Philippine Government Urged to Hold Public Tender for Tax Stamps
• Secure Shrink Seals Fight Illicit Production in Colombia
• Technology Feature: Randomness - Organized Chaos for Tax Stamps
• FCTC Conference of the Parties (COP-4)
• BAT Funds Campaign in South Africa
• California Vetoes Marijuana
• WHO Publishes Tax Manual
• Takeover Bid for De La Rue