E-cigs help quitters

GROWTH in the use of e-cigarettes has been associated with a higher rate of successful attempts to quit smoking, says a study, analysing findings...
Tom Gully

Make the most of value items

As shoppers increasingly look for products that provide value for money, Imperial Tobacco says it is now seeing a significant rise in the sale of roll your own (RYO) products.
JTI Logic Compact Intense range

More menthol pods

JTI has expanded the number of menthol options in its Logic Compact Intense range, offering consumers new alternatives in the wake of the menthol cigarette ban
Imperial tobacco options

Economy drives category sales

Consumers seeking value across tobacco

E-cig laws an ‘opporunity’

EUTPD regulations will improve market for convenience retailers, predicts e-cig producer THE e-cigarettes market is about to get much simpler. That’s the view of manufacturer...
Signature cigar packs

Recapturing volume sales

Convenience retailers are falling behind their supermarket competition when it comes to cigar sales in Scotland.
Zyn Nicotine pouches

Swedish flavour lands

Swedish Match, the firm behind nicotine pouch brand Zyn, has rolled out two new flavours to the UK market
Duncan Cunningham

New hire is paving the way

Philip Morris Limited (PML) has named Duncan Cunningham as its new external affairs director, as the firm aims to improve access to its smoke-free range of products.

Single-use e-cigs

Vape brand Dinner Lady has launched a new disposable vape pen

Breaking £6 barrier

WITH household budgets remaining tight and the UK having the highest tobacco tax in the EU, roll-your-own is the biggest growth category for price-marked...
Using a gantry to its best effect is one of the key skills of c-store and CTN retailing. But it’s a display area which will be covered up from April 2015.

Dark days ahead

LARGE stores in Scotland have been hiding tobacco products for more than a year. And in around 10 months time, on 6 April 2015,...

Legal limits good for future sales

EUROPEAN legislation due to come into effect in May this year is a positive step forward for the vaping category, says Jennifer Roberts, UK...
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Tobacco category remains key for retailers

Plenty to be positive about
people sit around a dinner table smoking ecigarettes

No smoke but plenty of fire for heat-not-burn

Philip Morris Limited, the firm behind heat-not-burn cigarette brand IQOS has suggested that increasing competition in the category has led to an acceleration in adoption, with more smokers making the switch to smoke free tobacco products.
Pack shots of Blu Bar Kit 1000 Puffs Pineapple vapes.

Imperial Brands charges up new 1000 Puff vape devices

Imperial Brands has unveiled a new rechargeable vaping device with its Blu Bar Kits, with a system that offers up to 1,000 puffs per pod.

Stuck with illegal stock

Data suggests retailers left with tobacco stock they can’t sell THOUSANDS of retailers may have been left with tobacco stock it is now illegal for...