PITTSBURGH -- If left unchanged, the FDA “deeming” rules will affect other tobacco products (OTP) to a degree, but not as harshly as other segments within the tobacco category for convenience-store retailers, according to a recently released report.
In a study tracking unit-shipping movement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s deeming regulations will possibly affect only 5% of the OTP volume c-store retailers sell, compared to other more hard-hit categories such as cigars (49%) and vapor (100%).
Still, the study from Pittsburgh-based Management Science Associates (MSA) released last fall says snus will be one of the hardest-hit segments within OTP. Here are a few OTP insights from the study …