Latest Tobacco News – Page 26
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News
Illicit tobacco trade harms newsagent
The life of a Lancashire store manager is being made a misery by repeated raids on her store and its tobacco gantry. The Martins branch in Fulwood, Preston, has been targeted four times in the past six weeks by the gang who are thought to...
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Product News
A price-fighting rolling tobacco from Booker
Booker has launched a new price-fighting hand-rolling tobacco under its Red Band brand
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News
Keeping Tobacco over the counter: Adding fuel to the fire
As the government considers the details of the tobacco display ban, more evidence shows that bans harm small stores and add to the illicit trade
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Product News
Calls grow to bin Scottish display ban
Pressure is mounting on the Scottish government to rethink its plans for a tobacco display ban after an overwhelming number of retailers, trade bodies and even local councils responded to the official consultation with serious concerns.
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Product News
Tobacco summit tackles illicit trade
The UK's first-ever large-scale summit on how to reduce the supply and consumption of smuggled and counterfeit tobacco was held in Perth last week without representation from tobacco manufacturers, who were barred.
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News
Legislation: Tobacco
Forget EastEnders, it’s tobacco that everyone is talking about. Given that some of the most draconian legislation seen in the UK is threatening to plunge the category and independent retailers into darkness, it’s easy to see why.
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Product News
Tobacco display: The fight goes on
Retailers across the UK are facing the prospect of increased costs and reduced service levels – unless we can stop the display ban going ahead
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Product News
A tobacco room with a view or two
JTI is helping retailers make the most of tobacco with a programme of seminars and a new-look tobacco room at BA Cash & Carry in Cardiff
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Product News
RYO on a roll thanks to recession
Sales of roll-your-own tobacco (RYO) through UK stores have passed the £1bn mark this year, up 19% on 2009, as cash-strapped smokers continued to trade down though the price sectors.
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Product News
Your last chance to save tobacco gantries
Convenience Store readers have a final chance to avoid losing hundreds of pounds in alterations to their tobacco gantries and reduced service levels for customers – all for the price of a stamp.
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Opinion
ACS in action: James Lowman - Why your help is crucial in a last push for a fair deal on tobacco retailing
It was Easter 2008 when we first heard the government announce plans to ban tobacco display. In more than two years of campaigning since then, we've been doing research,
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Product News
Your ‘last chance’ to stop display ban
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is campaigning to get as many retailers as possible lobbying the government to overturn the tobacco display ban.
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Blog
One last push to keep tobacco over the counter
James Lowman of the ACS explains why your help is crucial in a last push for a fair deal on tobacco retailing
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Product News
Email trail reveals ban cost dispute
A new report claims that the Department of Health (DH) gave misleading low estimates of the cost of compliance with the tobacco display ban in order to persuade MPs to vote for the legislation
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Product News
Retailers call for tobacco display ban to be overturned
Retailers have renewed their call to overturn the proposed tobacco display ban as a new National Health Service survey shows that smoking among young people is at an all-time low
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Features and analysis
SalesOut smart facts: tobacco
Budget brands and roll your own products are driving growth in tobacco
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Product News
Public unconvinced about benefits of tobacco display ban
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) has increased the pressure on the government to scrap the tobacco display ban with a new survey that reveals public doubts about the effectiveness of the measure.
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Opinion
A flickering hope on tobacco display
Convenience Store's David Rees says the tide has turned on the tobacco display ban - but will the government be prepared to overturn the regulation?
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Product News
Assemblies mull display ban details
Retailers in Scotland have less than two weeks to respond to the Scottish government-sponsored consultation on the tobacco display ban.Officials have proposed that the maximum display area that can be exposed during a sale is 120sq cm,...
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Product News
Limited edition Camel
JTI has launched a limited edition 'Discover More' design on its Camel Blue 20s packs.