Doctors back vaping option

E-CIGARETTES could potentially save millions of lives, according to a new report from the Royal College of Physicians. The leading medical body says that...
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Online help to inform retailers

New online platform VapeWatch helps vaping traders keep on the right side of the law.
Blu retailer

Training is key to category success

Brands agree: knowledge vital to vaping customers
Republic Technology UK's OCB range offers consumers a more sustainable option.

Covering the roll-your-own demands

Republic Technologies UK has advice for convenience retailers on ways to meed the demands of customers in the roll-your-own tobacco accessories category.
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Big names develop vaping portfolios

THE number of e-cigarette users is increasing rapidly and e-cigarettes continue to tempt smokers to switch from tobacco, says producer Nicocigs. The firm says its...

High tech vaping

NEW technology and a new design are built into the latest products from e-cigarette brand Blu. The closed system Blu Go and Blu Plus have...
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Roll your own on the rise as shoppers chase low prices

Value wins out in convenience

A great response

The response of retailers to the tobacco retail display ban has been remarkable, meeting the challenge head-on with minimal disruption, reckons Andrew Miller, head of...
BAT is calling for a retail licence to sell vapes – similar to one for alcohol and tobacco.

BAT urges regulation over vapes

British American Tobacco is pushing the UK Government to introduce new legislation for the vaping industry to avoid an outright ban on disposables.
The purpose built vaping room at United Wholesale (Scotland)’s Queenslie depot.

Going big on vapes

E-liquids have enticing margins but it’s a jargon loaded category that can confuse many. Naeem Khaliq of United Wholesale (Scotland) reckons his vape rooms offer an answer for c-stores

Incentives on the up, study claims

Increase in retailer rewards found in wake of tobacco display ban
Richmond outers will have a new look and some new names from this month.

New prices and fresh packaging

IMPERIAL Tobacco has slashed prices across a range of its tobacco brands, in a move that the firm reckons will help retailers cater for the growing number of “value focused tobacco shoppers.”
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Cigarillos light up sector sales

Cigarillos are big business in the cigar category at the moment, according to Scandinavian Tobacco Group.

Big hopes for small cigars

Aiming to capitalise on value for money trend 2016 was an especially bad year for cigar sales, according to IRI figures quoted by Scandinavian Tobacco...

Fresh NPD for RYO category

Imperial launches menthol box
The UKVIA has teamed with Smoke Free to encourage smokers to switch to vapes.

Cessation and more regulation

THE UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the largest trade body representing the vaping sector in the UK, has joined forces with smoking cessation app Smoke Free.