New Bar for vaping
DISPOSABLE vape brand Geek Bar has launched a new range of vapes.
Launch of new kingmaker
REPUBLIC Technologies is aiming to tap into the £1.9m tubing market with the launch of Swan Kingsize Cigarette Tubes.
The company has revealed two new...
Vapers grow to over 2m
Nearly two-thirds of e-cig users are tobacco smokers
One third are former smokers, up on previous years
ANTI-smoking charity, Ash (Action on Smoking and Health)...
Beating the menthol ban
The new Rizla Flavour Infusions range will provide menthol shoppers with their preferred flavour
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...
New pressure from home and abroad
Euro rules, another push for plain packs and the coming small store cover-up play into the hands of crime bosses but make it all...
Plain truths
We are now just over six months away from the point when all tobacco sold through legitimate traders in Scotland will have to comply...
Is it time to be afraid of the dark?
Scotland’s supermarkets are now required to hide tobacco products. What does that mean for c-stores?
SCOTLAND’S supermarkets, a year or so later than their English...
Lost Mary launches first high puff vape device
Vaping brand Lost Mary has unveiled its first high puff count device for the UK market with its new rechargeable BM6000 range of vapes.
Scoring a bullseye?
RYO tobacco accessories firm Republic Technologies stepped up to the oche in the spring when it announced that its recently launched Swan Ultra Slim...
Court hears plain packs challenge
Tobacco giants in 11th-hour effort to head off standardised packaging
SIX months ahead of the intended beginning of procedures to introduce standardised packaging of tobacco...
A ‘world first’ water vape
Aquios Labs has launched what it claims is a world first in the vaping category.
More 18s from tobacco giant
INCREASING demand for low-priced packs of cigarettes has prompted JTI to add Sterling and B&H Blue Superkings to its list of lines available in...
JTI brings a Golden option to RYO
JTI UK has announced the expansion of Mayfair Gold into the roll your own market for the first time, offering consumers a trusted brand in the subcategory.
Tobacco giant aims to help retailers through changes
Imperial continues with legal action but says ‘be prepared’
Imperial Tobacco is launching Partnering for Success, a project designed to give retailers information and guidance...
Players brings on two subs
PLAYER’S has introduced two new lines in what brand owner Imperial Tobacco calls the “sub-economy sector”, which the firm estimates will account for 7.67%...







































