Tag: tobacco

Retailers miss out on sales boost says JTI

THE majority of retailers are failing to take advantage of an increase in cigar sales over the Christmas period, according to tobacco giant JTI. The...

Tobacco firms launch TPD advice

TOBACCO giants Imperial Tobacco and JTI have issued retailer advice on proposed changes to tobacco law. • Imperial has launched Partnering for Success, a project...

Roll your more

RYO tobacco has been growing fast and tobacco companies have been busy with new product development. But do RYO shoppers buy more than tobacco...

Cigar firm moves into RYO

SCHEDULED to be launched late last month exclusively for the convenience channel through Booker depots across the UK, new RYO brand Bentley represents a...

Scots share rises

Smokers remain loyal to brands and sizes as RYO takes more of total tobacco sales WHILE many firms and famous brands have entered the RYO...

Teen smoking rates crash

As the various governments in the UK step up restrictions on tobacco marketing with the stated aim of reducing youth smoking new figures suggest...

Tobacco levy plans rejected

The big talking point from George Osborne’s summer budget for convenience retailers was almost certainly the news that a new National Living Wage for workers...

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...

Darkness descends

How was it for you when the tobacco shutters came down? IT’S now a month since the tobacco display ban came into force, and for...

Darkness arrives

SCOTLAND’S small stores must comply with the regulations of the tobacco display ban from 6 April. Many shops have introduced shutters or other compliant systems...

Plain packs set for court battle

Tobacco firms have vowed to take legal action against new plain packaging regulations. The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly in favour of legislation that would see...

Court battle ahead over plain packs vote

TOBACCO firms have confirmed they will be taking legal action against new plain packaging regulations. Yesterday, the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly in favour of...

Flaps coming down early

SCOTLAND’S small stores will have to follow the country’s supermarkets and cover up tobacco and related products from 6 April. But many of the country’s...
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Darkness at the door

• Scotland’s tobacco display ban will take effect officially in small stores in Scotland on 6 April, 2015. But many shops now have their covered...
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Additive-free in urban appeal

ROLL-your-own (RYO) tobacco remains the star performer of the wider tobacco scene as we begin 2015, a year of major change for the tobacco...
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Marlboro adds to the range

GIANT brand Marlboro is now available in the UK in more formats than ever, including RYO and capsule cigarette lines. RYO has seen several years...