Latest Tobacco News – Page 25
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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.
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Ministers under further pressure over display ban
The pressure on the government to announce an immediate delay in the implementation of the tobacco display ban has been cranked up yet another notch.
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RYO the hero of the tobacco category
Retailers are capitalising on the massive growth in roll-your-own tobacco (RYO) products, new research from JTI has revealed. One in four adult smokers now choose to smoke RYO products, and the category was worth £1.3bn in 2010.
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Product NewsCampaigns: Dare to dream
As the trade waits in anticipation for news about the future of the tobacco display ban, the opportunity remains to influence government policy
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Product NewsPlain packs seen as better than the ban
Selling tobacco in plain packs is the lesser of two legislative evils when compared with a costly and disruptive display ban, retailers have told Convenience Store.
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Features and analysisTobacco safety concerns for retailers
Increased efforts by Customs to crack down on illicit tobacco vendors could unwittingly putting stores at increased risk of burglary, retailers have warned.