All Tobacco articles – Page 24
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Analysis & FeaturesA great year for sport. A washout for grocery...
Exhilarating highs. Crashing lows. With the Jubilee and Olympics on the cards, everyone expected 2012 to be a year of extremes…
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Category Report
Tobacco: Display ban sees smokers downtrading
In a year in which the tobacco display ban finally arrived – in England, at least – the prevailing trend in the market…
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Comment & Opinion
The plain cigarette pack debate... and the Jody Scheckter row
Sir: MSR Newsgroup CEO Mick Garton states that standardised tobacco packaging could put him out of business….
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NewsBAT director Cobben exits in December
British American Tobacco’s regional director for Western Europe, Mark Cobben, is stepping down in December….
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NewsJTI rolls out addition to Amber Leaf roll-up line-up
Japan Tobacco International will tomorrow launch a new addition to its Amber Leaf rolling tobacco brand.
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Comment & Opinion
Why this government is no friend to the food and drink industry
This government says it wants to be a friend to business. As it has repeatedly shown, it is no such thing….
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NewsJTI says it's too soon to celebrate fall in illicit tobacco
A leading tobacco manufacturer is warning that a fall in the illicit tobacco market will be short-lived….
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Comment & Opinion
The Saturday Essay: why plain packaging lacks all sense
Plain packaging could put me, and many others like me, out of business….
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Comment & Opinion
Tobacco margins: who's fooling who?
Cigarettes and tobacco have always been an essential element of a convenience offering, often accounting for 40% or more of sales…
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat's the deal now as the Responsibility man goes?
Does the departure of Andrew Lansley as secretary of state for health herald a return to zealous regulation by the government?
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NewsMartin McColl gets money back from OFT 'cartel' fine
Martin McColl has been repaid the £2.6m it was fined by the Office of Fair Trading for its alleged involvement in a tobacco…
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NewsTobacco giants fail in Aussie packaging challenge
The world’s largest tobacco companies are smarting after losing out in a closely watched legal battle against plain packaging.
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Interviews'Plain packs for tobacco is a step too far'
As the tobacco trade faces up to yet another battle, this time it’s different, says JTI boss Martin Southgate.
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NewsTobacco giants set for plain pack legal battle
The UK’s leading tobacco companies will launch legal action against the government if it goes ahead with plans to force…
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NewsPlain packaging petition sent to Department of Health
Almost a quarter of a million people have signed a petition demanding the government drops plans to force…
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NewsJTI takes aim at ‘flawed’ dialogue on plain packaging
Tobacco giant JTI has launched a campaign against government proposals to move tobacco into plain packaging, branding the consultation process “fundamentally flawed”.
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NewsSainsbury's removes tobacco from three Scottish superstores
First it was a c-store. Now Sainsbury’s has stopped selling cigarettes in three of its Scottish superstores…
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Analysis & FeaturesUp in smoke: can indies save cig sales?
Booker claimed the introduction of the supermarket tobacco display ban would help yield a £1bn sales boost for smaller stores this year.
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NewsSainsbury's quits tobacco in Scottish store
Is this the future of the modern Scottish grocery store? Sainsbury’s has stopped selling tobacco from its Local store on St Andrew’s Square in Edinburgh city centre in the wake of a new tax imposed by the Scottish government, replacing the cigarette gantry with a wall of computer games.
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Comment & Opinion
The illusion of progress
American President Calvin Coolidge was once asked how he managed to remain healthy in a job that had…