Latest Tobacco News – Page 30
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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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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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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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Rizla certified
Rizla rolling papers are now Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.
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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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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.
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Heavy weather
The tobacco category is standing strong against the deluge of challenges raining down on it and is looking to the future.
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BlogEditor's comment: Tobacco display ban - get involoved
We've long been urging retailers to protest about the tobacco display ban.
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Supermarket price deals fail to please
Shoppers are turning their backs on the multiples and their aggressive pricing strategies and making more trips to their local independent stores, new research has found.
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Display cost estimates 'misleading'
Figures quoted in the Lords' debate gave an inaccurate impression of the cost of a tobacco display ban to retailers, says the ACS.
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Tobacco gantry fight enters its final round
Independent retailers must launch one final protest about the impact that a ban on the display of tobacco would have on their businesses
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Tobacco tax hike is good news for smugglers
The 2% increase in tobacco tax announced in the 2009 Budget will make the UK even more attractive to smugglers, it has been claimed.
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Who gives tobacco to kids?
How do cigarettes get into the hands of children? Not from you - so we need your help to persuade the government to cut the real supply route.
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Black market tobacco sales put stores in the red
Smokers in Ontario,Canada have turned to illegal suppliers since the tobacco display ban
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Ireland still in the dark over tobacco displays
Plans to ban the display of tobacco products in the Republic of Ireland on July 1 remain in disarray.
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Product NewsNew tobacco penalties from April 1
Tobacco retailers are reminded that they now face tough new penalties for selling cigarrettes to under 18s.
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Round one goes to retailers in ban fight
Retailers have vowed to continue to fight the proposed tobacco display ban despite new details which suggest they will be allowed to keep their gantries.