Tag: tobacco

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New lines boosting category sales

THE booming RYO market includes not just the tobacco itself but also growing lines of RYO accessories that provide strong margins for retailers, says...
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World No 1 launches new RYO

BRITAIN’S established RYO tobacco brands have a major new competitor. Around 90 years after the Marlboro cigarette brand was launched, tobacco company Philip Morris Limited...
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Switching smokers

RYO tobacco has been one of the most buoyant segments of the tobacco market for some time. As we head to the dark market...
The tobacco display ban is six months away. The tobacco giants are beginning work on their gantry alteration programmes.

Set for dark days

THE UK’s largest tobacco companies are stepping up efforts to prepare c-stores for the dark market. With six months left till the introduction of the...
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Consulation ends on plain packs

Proposals on plain packaging only good for smugglers, retailers warn RETAILERS and tobacco firms have told the government a proposed ban on cigarette branding will...
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Make or break?

THE tobacco industry and tobacco retailers are used to dealing with regulation. Usually it’s just a case of getting on with things. But we’re now...
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Two times cool capsules

AN important UK tobacco market development in recent years has been the growth of capsule cigarette sales to take more than 5% of the...
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Big-selling value brand adds menthol option

JTI is extending its Sovereign range with the launch of Sovereign Menthol Superkings. The firm says the launch is in response to an increase in...
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New ways to accessorise

THE roll-your-own tobacco accessories market is continuing to perform well, despite changing market conditions driven by legislative changes and the emergence of new sectors,...
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Campaign adds airport message

EARLIER this year Imperial Tobacco launched the second phase of its anti-illicit-trade campaign – Suspect it? Report it! And to support the campaign message,...
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Roll your own way

ROLL-YOUR-OWN tobacco sales are booming and for British American Tobacco it isn’t all about the cost. “For a long time RYO was an option for...
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Auto system for the dark days

INTERESTED in an automated way of handling tobacco when the display ban comes into effect? Many Irish Republic outlets use automated systems that act as...

New plain pack claims slammed

Holyrood health department is a year out in Australian standardised packs argument. Trade body says survey shows smoking rising. TOBACCO firms and trade bodies have...

RYO seeks organic growth

THE UK’s first RYO product to feature organically grown tobacco, Amber Leaf Signature Blend, arrives on shelves this month. Producer JTI says it’s a...

Tax and know the score?

JOBS, taxes, pensions, the economy and the currency are huge issues in the forthcoming Scottish independence debate. Some commentators are also wondering what will...
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Highlighting the illicit trade threat

TOBACCO firms have been continuing work to highlight the amount and effects of illicit tobacco trading. Imperial Tobacco launched the second phase of its anti-illicit...