John Strickland Jr. of Goldsboro, N.C.-based Wayne Oil Co. knows first-hand why consumers might prefer to have other tobacco products (OTP) available on the c-store floor, rather than having to ask for them from behind the counter.
As a moist-tobacco user himself, he shares the story of recently asking for a can at one of his stores: “The clerk just turned up her nose on me, and said, ‘You do that?’ ”
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