Latest Tobacco News – Page 24
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Product NewsSlimline Marlboro Gold Touch launched
Marlboro has revealed the latest addition to its family: Marlboro Gold Touch.
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Product NewsBAT launches Vogue Perle
British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched Vogue Perle – the UK’s first demi-slim cigarette.
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NewsGovernment targets tobacco smuggling
The government has unveiled the latest step in its plans to help rid Britain’s streets of illicit smuggled tobacco.
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Product NewsJTI goes miniature with Calisto
JTI hopes to take advantage of demand for miniature cigars with the launch of Calisto.
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Tobacco retailers demand answers
Retailers across Scotland and Wales are still paddling against a tide of confusion surrounding plans for a tobacco display ban.
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Product NewsOn a roll with Imperial
Imperial Tobacco is hoping to give cash-strapped adult smokers a viable alternative to cheap illicit tobacco with several new products.
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NewsTobacco plain packaging awaits Australian retailers
Australian retailers are facing a double whammy of tobacco legislation after the government launched proposals to make plain packaging of all tobacco products mandatory by July 2012.
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Tobacco smuggling gang jailed
A “massive quantity” of illicit tobacco has been prevented from hitting the legal market after four key players in an major international smuggling operation were jailed last week.
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Scots retailers must sign to sell tobacco
Scottish tobacco retailers must now sign up to a new register or face jail time and fines of up to £20,000. The new Register of Tobacco Retailers was launched on April 1 under the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010,...
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NewsChancellor targets cheaper tobacco
The government has threatened to reverse the recent growth in the lower-priced tobacco sector by changing the way in which it levies duty, narrowing the price differential between premium and economy cigarette brands, and between cigarettes and hand-rolled tobacco...
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NewsCampaigns: Keep tobacco over the counter - Out of the dark
Thanks to committed campaigning on behalf of the small store trade, the restrictions on tobacco are less onerous than they could have been
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Jail for trader caught selling illicit tobacco
An unscrupulous convenience retailer who netted hundreds of thousands of pounds by using his store as a front behind which to sell counterfeit and smuggled tobacco products has been jailed for eight months. Ashok Kumar Thapar and his...
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NewsTobacco display ban confirmed - but roll out delayed
Convenience store retailers have been granted an extra 18 months in which to prepare for a tobacco display ban, after the government finally confirmed that it was to push the implementation dates back from October 1 2013 to April 6 2015.
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Products In DepthCash in: Tobacco - Sticking around
Despite a barrage of challenges, cigarette sales through convenience stores grew last year, but how will they fare in 2011?
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Products In DepthCash in: Tobacco - Premium cigarettes
Unsurprisingly, as value and economy-priced brands take a bigger bite out of the market, retailers are reporting that sales of their premium-priced cigarette…
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Products In DepthCash in: Tobacco - What retailers say
Dean Holborn Holborns, South Nutfield and Redhill, Surrey
What is your top-selling cigarette brand and why is it popular? Mayfair King Size 20s is our best-selling brand… -
Product NewsRetailers warned over illicit tobacco
The consequences of straying from legitimate supply routes were brought into sharp focus for a number of retailers last month, as Trading Standards teams and HM Revenue and Customs continued their assault on the black market tobacco trade.
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NewsScotland delays tobacco display ban
Retailers in Scotland are breathing a small sigh of relief after the government announced that it was to delay the implementation of a tobacco display ban.
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Product NewsKeeping tobacco over the counter: It’s time to talk
Ministers must put c-store operators out of their misery and reveal exactly where they stand on the proposed ban on retail tobacco displays
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Cigarette switching scam hits Scotland
An elaborate 'cigarette swapping' scam sweeping Scotland is hitting retailers' profits and denting their reputations.