electronic cigarettes

Opinion: Better Together in the Vaping World

By Melissa Vonder Haar on Jan. 16, 2015

Are vape shops stealing c-store business? Can the convenience channel ever hope to compete with the vaping-centric knowledge and offerings of this new channel? Is this channel here to stay, perhaps the tobacconist of the new segment—or will it fizzle out in the face of stricter regulations?

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CSP Tobacco: All About That Vape

By Melissa Vonder Haar on Jan. 16, 2015

Vape: It's not your father's tobacco product, as reflected in CSP's first-ever vaping-centric meeting in December in Phoenix. And you know it's not your typical tobacco meeting when you have a marquee sponsor whose mission is to "make cigarettes obsolete" and one of the evenings includes a trendy vaping party.

Tobacco

C-Store Cigarette Sales Soar in Late 2014

By Melissa Vonder Haar on Jan. 14, 2015

May help offset “New Year’s effect” declines in January

Tobacco

Indiana Proposes Tobacco Regulation Overhaul

By Melissa Vonder Haar on Jan. 14, 2015

Bill would ban cigarette pharmacy sales, tax e-cigs and eliminate "smokers' bill of rights"

CSP Magazine

Tobacco: Smoke Signals

By Erik J. Martin on Jan. 13, 2015

E-cigarettes and vaping are growing, but CSP- Technomic study shows cigarettes remain the stealthy bull of broader tobacco category in c-stores, with 90% of tobacco consumers purchasing them at least occasionally.

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