Tobacco

Tobacco, cigarette and e-cig category news for the convenience-store retail industry

Tobacco Category Digest

Tobacco

Cigarette Prices Rising 6 Cents Per Pack

Altria Group Inc. and Reynolds American Inc. are each pushing through a six-cent per-pack price increase across all cigarettes sold by the tobacco producers.

Tobacco

State Tax Legislative Update

Of the 23 states in which bills have been introduced during the 2012 legislative session to increase cigarette and/or other tobacco product taxes, to date three state legislatures have passed higher c...

Soft tip filter with same tactile feel of traditional cigarette filter

Close vote may incite similar measures in California and beyond

E-cigarette manufacturer is first to offer a "puff counter"

Products

Fifth Canadian province to go after companies for costs of treating smoking-related illnesses

The Sheriff's unit of the New York City Finance Department conducted a sweep of 1,700 stores licensed to sell tobacco products.

Referendum to raise tobacco taxes by $1 per pack narrowly fails in California

UBS predicts ban wouldn’t hit Lorillard as hard as investors fear

CIOMA's VP discusses what tax increase could mean for retailers … and better ways to support cancer research

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