Latest Tobacco News – Page 30
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Illegal tobacco sales thrive in Canada's dark market
Plans to curb youth smoking with tobacco display bans have gone up in smoke in Canada, where a new study has revealed that teens are now buying more regularly from illegal sellers.
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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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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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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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Winston in the big smoke
JTI has introduced the Winston brand to the UK, in the Greater London area.
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Campaign update: Stop tobacco proxy purchasing
MPs return to Westminster in October and among the first items on their agenda will be the Health Bill, which includes the proposal to remove tobacco products from display in stores. The cost of adapting gantries or replacing them with...
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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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Small stores to pay big for tobacco display ban
The ban on the display of tobacco products will be the "most disruptive and costly" in the world, say retailers' representatives, with smaller independent stores carrying the heaviest burden.
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Tobacco display ban leaves Irish stores in the dark
Thousands of Irish retailers are struggling to adjust to new rules governing the display of tobacco products, with none of the stores visited by C-Store last week being fully compliant with the new law. A tour of stores revealed...
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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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North East stubs out illicit tobacco trade
The UK's first multi-agency scheme to clamp down on the illicit tobacco trade has been set up in the North of England.
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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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NFRN shifts focus to tobacco threat
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) has told newsagents the erosion of tobacco sales is a greater threat to their businesses than the decline of newspapers and magazines.
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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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Rizla certified
Rizla rolling papers are now Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.
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Call for free vote on tobacco display ban
ACS (The Association of Convenience Stores) has called on the government to give its backbenchers a free vote on whether to introduce a display ban on tobacco, in line with the two other major political parties.