Latest Tobacco News – Page 27
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Ban on proxy purchasing a step nearer
The campaign to make the proxy purchasing of tobacco a criminal offence has been given a boost by Scotland's Health and Sports Committee, after it recommended that measures to criminalise adults who supply tobacco to children be added to the Tobacco...
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MP lends her voice to fight against display ban
Independent newsagents have enlisted a West Midlands MP in the battle against the ban on tobacco displays
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Marlboro’s bright idea
Philip Morris has added a new line to the Marlboro range, Marlboro Bright Leaf, distributed to the trade by Imperial Tobacco.
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Small stores to pay big for tobacco display ban
The ban on the display of tobacco products will be the "most disruptive and costly" in the world, say retailers' representatives, with smaller independent stores carrying the heaviest burden.
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Tobacco display ban leaves Irish stores in the dark
Thousands of Irish retailers are struggling to adjust to new rules governing the display of tobacco products, with none of the stores visited by C-Store last week being fully compliant with the new law. A tour of stores revealed...
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Product NewsAge-restricted sales training online
An online training module which teaches store staff how to refuse sales and defuse confrontational situations has been developed by tobacco supplier JTI.
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North East stubs out illicit tobacco trade
The UK's first multi-agency scheme to clamp down on the illicit tobacco trade has been set up in the North of England.
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Anti-smoking group targets local stores
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) Scotland is calling on members of the public to write to their local shop if they are in favour of the removal of tobacco displays.
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NFRN shifts focus to tobacco threat
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) has told newsagents the erosion of tobacco sales is a greater threat to their businesses than the decline of newspapers and magazines.
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Product News
Suppliers won't pay if they ban tobacco display
Tobacco retailers will be forced to foot the full cost of changes to their gantries, after the UK's leading tobacco manufacturers confirmed they would not be assisting with funding.
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Rizla certified
Rizla rolling papers are now Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.
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Product News
Flavour ban on tobacco is bitter news
New legislation to outlaw flavoured tobacco products could soon reach UK shores, Convenience Store has learned.
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Call for free vote on tobacco display ban
ACS (The Association of Convenience Stores) has called on the government to give its backbenchers a free vote on whether to introduce a display ban on tobacco, in line with the two other major political parties.
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Product News
Heavy weather
The tobacco category is standing strong against the deluge of challenges raining down on it and is looking to the future.
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BlogEditor's comment: Tobacco display ban - get involoved
We've long been urging retailers to protest about the tobacco display ban.
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Supermarket price deals fail to please
Shoppers are turning their backs on the multiples and their aggressive pricing strategies and making more trips to their local independent stores, new research has found.
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Display cost estimates 'misleading'
Figures quoted in the Lords' debate gave an inaccurate impression of the cost of a tobacco display ban to retailers, says the ACS.
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Tobacco gantry fight enters its final round
Independent retailers must launch one final protest about the impact that a ban on the display of tobacco would have on their businesses
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Tobacco tax hike is good news for smugglers
The 2% increase in tobacco tax announced in the 2009 Budget will make the UK even more attractive to smugglers, it has been claimed.