Tobacco

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

Tobacco Category Digest

Tobacco

Prop 29 Packs It In

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

Tobacco

Could Newport Survive a Menthol Ban?

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

State legislatures continue to adopt bills that regulate commercial roll-your-own cigarette machines. So far during 2012, eleven states have enacted laws that range from licensing RYO retailers, to pa...

Electronic cigarette company hires McLane, Southland vet Grogman

Products

Florida jury awards $75 million to deceased smoker's family

About 15% of the workforce at Jacksonville, Fla.-based cigar manufacturer Swisher International will be losing their jobs over the next few weeks.

Minn. Supreme Court dismisses "lights" class action against PM USA

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed into law a measure that requires retailers operating roll-your-own machines to pay a licensing fee.

On June 12, NATO representatives will meet with Dr. Lawrence Deyton, the director of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), in a stakeholder's meeting to ...

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