All Tobacco articles – Page 16
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NewsImperial Tobacco sees benefits of savings
The company’s cost optimisation programme is on track to deliver further incremental savings of £85m in the full year
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NewsHiggins takes on the display ban
Our cartoonist’s interpretation of the best options for stores in the wake of tobacco gantries going dark
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NewsPhilip Morris e-cig firm slated over failure to deliver gantries
Retailers contacted The Grocer this week expressing their anger as their promised gantry had not been fitted in time - leaving them to come up with a DIY solution at short notice
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NewsHMRC seizes huge amounts of illicit tobacco
The biggest haul involved HMRC in co-operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) which seized more than 43m smuggled cigarettes in Croatia and Greece
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NewsE-cigarette sales need regulation, says study
E-cig sales are sweeping through adolescent markets, the research claims, and calls for laws regarding sales to be brought in quicker
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NewsIllicit tobacco clampdown plan issued by HMRC and Border Force
The measures include the introduction of a registration scheme for those who deal in raw tobacco
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NewsPlain tobacco packaging plans flawed by security loophole
Key tools in the fight against illicit tobacco will become illegal because plain packaging regulations will forcibly remove them from packs
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Analysis and FeaturesTobacco display ban for independent retailers looms
They had three more years than supermarkets to prepare, so are indies ready for the tobacco display ban?
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NewsTobacco giants to take legal action as MPs vote in favour of plain packs
Tobacco companies to take legal action against the government after MPs ratify plain packaging plans
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NewsIan Paisley claims plain packaging would ban tobacco security features, aid illicit trade
Paisley said the regulations for plain packaging would forcibly remove Codentify from current packs
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NewsProposal to make proxy tobacco purchase illegal welcomed by retailers
Regulations would put responsibility on purchasing adults rather than retailers, would include e-cigs
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NewsBritish American Tobacco explores delisting Brazilian subsidiary Souza Cruz
British American Tobacco has confirmed it is “evaluating” putting together a deal to buy the quarter of Brazilian subsidiary Souza Cruz it does not currently own.
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Comment and OpinionFears of e-cigarette stagnation are just a case of the vapours
Reports this morning over the stunted growth of the e-cigarette market fail to capture the whole picture
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Category ReportFocus on e-cigarettes
With storm clouds gathering for the tobacco sector, and the display ban coming fully into effect in April…
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NewsPlain tobacco packaging proposals protested by retailers
NFRN members march on Department of Health to get point across on government plans
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Comment and OpinionReasoned debate over plain tobacco packaging goes up in smoke
Neither side seems prepared to engage in an evidence-based debate
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News
Imperial Tobacco warns over fake £3-off vouchers
Cigarette manufacturers hope retailers will help them stub out a scam that offers customers money off cigarettes…
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Analysis and FeaturesTobacco: rising duty pushes smokers to economy-brand and RYO
With the spectre of plain packaging looming ever larger and the final piece of the display ban puzzle…
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NewsGovernment launches consultation on sale of e-cigs to under-18s
The Department of Health has launched a consultation on stopping the sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s.
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NewsJTI removes gantries from two London retailers over illicit tobacco sales
JTI UK has removed tobacco gantries from two London retailers who sold illegal cigarettes.