Tobacco – Page 16
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ASH to take on the illicit tobacco trade
Anti-smoking group ASH (Action on Smoking and Health), which was influential in lobbying for tobacco display restrictions on retailers, has said that tackling the illicit trade is to be one of its key priorities going forward.
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Tobacco makes a comeback in convenience
The squeeze on consumer spending and new anti-smoking laws could actually have helped boost tobacco sales in local shops in the past 12 months, Convenience Store’s latest product survey has revealed.
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Illicit trade is focus of tobacco strategy
The government’s pledge to tackle illegal supply has received a cautious welcome from retailers.
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Scottish stores face costs of tobacco ban
Scotland has joined the rest of the UK in banning the display of tobacco products, with smaller stores forced to cover or remove their gantries by 2013.
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Make a mint with Sterling Menthol
JTI is strengthening its value range with Sterling Menthol King Size 20s.
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Marlboro launches a big softy
Marlboro has launched a metallic 'soft pack' variant of Marlboro Red.
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Stores can help stub out illicit tobacco sales
Retailers are being urged to take a more pro-active approach to halting the sale of illegal tobacco in their area
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Tobacco displays: the battle continues
Despite the parliamentary vote to ban tobacco displays from stores, there is still plenty of opportunity for the trade to lessen or reverse the impact of the new legislation
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You asked, Imperial answers
Imperial Tobacco remains upbeat about a category under fire, as it reveals in answer to independent retailers' questions
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Tobacco: the way forward
The UK tobacco market may be down, but it’s certainly not out. Gaelle Walker looks at developments of the past year and what the future holds
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BAT freshens up
British American Tobacco (BAT) is adding Menthol to its Pall Mall range of Superkings cigarettes.
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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.