Tobacco – Page 15
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Pall Mall's price is right
British American Tobacco (BAT) has unveiled new Pall Mall 19s, which it says will offer smokers a more affordable pricepoint.
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Steve puzzled by lack of response
Campaigning retailer Steve Denham says he is disappointed with the tobacco supply chain's slow response to his suggestions for an industry-wide initiative to prevent sales of tobacco products to under-18s
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Winston in the big smoke
JTI has introduced the Winston brand to the UK, in the Greater London area.
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Ban on proxy purchasing a step nearer
The campaign to make the proxy purchasing of tobacco a criminal offence has been given a boost by Scotland's Health and Sports Committee, after it recommended that measures to criminalise adults who supply tobacco to children be added to the Tobacco...
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MP lends her voice to fight against display ban
Independent newsagents have enlisted a West Midlands MP in the battle against the ban on tobacco displays
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Wholesaler to Retailer: technology and tobacco
With their need for security and being separated off from the rest of the depot, tobacco rooms can be a bit claustrophic and uninviting, but a new generation of rooms being developed by JTI is aiming to change all that. Its Arena project is intended...
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Marlboro’s bright idea
Philip Morris has added a new line to the Marlboro range, Marlboro Bright Leaf, distributed to the trade by Imperial Tobacco.
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Product NewsAge-restricted sales training online
An online training module which teaches store staff how to refuse sales and defuse confrontational situations has been developed by tobacco supplier JTI.
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Anti-smoking group targets local stores
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) Scotland is calling on members of the public to write to their local shop if they are in favour of the removal of tobacco displays.
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Suppliers won't pay if they ban tobacco display
Tobacco retailers will be forced to foot the full cost of changes to their gantries, after the UK's leading tobacco manufacturers confirmed they would not be assisting with funding.
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Rizla certified
Rizla rolling papers are now Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.
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Flavour ban on tobacco is bitter news
New legislation to outlaw flavoured tobacco products could soon reach UK shores, Convenience Store has learned.
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Heavy weather
The tobacco category is standing strong against the deluge of challenges raining down on it and is looking to the future.
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Display cost estimates 'misleading'
Figures quoted in the Lords' debate gave an inaccurate impression of the cost of a tobacco display ban to retailers, says the ACS.
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Supermarket price deals fail to please
Shoppers are turning their backs on the multiples and their aggressive pricing strategies and making more trips to their local independent stores, new research has found.
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Tobacco gantry fight enters its final round
Independent retailers must launch one final protest about the impact that a ban on the display of tobacco would have on their businesses
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Tobacco tax hike is good news for smugglers
The 2% increase in tobacco tax announced in the 2009 Budget will make the UK even more attractive to smugglers, it has been claimed.
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Who gives tobacco to kids?
How do cigarettes get into the hands of children? Not from you - so we need your help to persuade the government to cut the real supply route.
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Black market tobacco sales put stores in the red
Smokers in Ontario,Canada have turned to illegal suppliers since the tobacco display ban