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Tobacco Regulation Report

The latest national tobacco rules and news—and what may be on the horizon
Tobacco Regulation Report

This is Our Watch: The Basics

 Jan. 16, 2018

This Is Our Watch, meanwhile, is well underway. Launched in November, the program offers retailers a number of free resources designed using feedback from store owners and employees and aimed at suppo...

Tobacco Regulation Report

This is Our Watch: A Record of Compliance

 Jan. 16, 2018

Whether through We Card or FDA programs such as This Is Our Watch, one thing is certain: The industry is doing an excellent job in complying with federal tobacco laws. Since the FDA first began conduc...

Tobacco Regulation Report

Every Try Counts: The Basics

Jan. 16, 2018

Announced Dec. 12, 2017, the Every Try Counts campaign will display messages “in and around gas stations and convenience stores—retail locations where smokers face a multitude of triggers ...

Tobacco Regulation Report

Every Try Counts: The Ads

Jan. 16, 2018

As part of the Dec. 12 announcement, the FDA provided details on the kinds of ads being developed to support Every Try Counts. Door clings and pumptopper signs were examples of what would be placed at...

Tobacco Regulation Report

Every Try Counts: The Case for Participating

Jan. 16, 2018

On the other hand, Calvin acknowledged there are reasons retailers might choose to display the ads. Some retailers carry smoking-cessation products, which the ads support; others pride themselves in t...

Tobacco Regulation Report

This is Our Watch: The App

Jan. 16, 2018

To further support age-verification efforts at retail, the FDA also launched an age-calculator app. Available for download on Apple and Android devices, the FDA Age Calculator app helps employees chec...

Tobacco Regulation Report

Every Try Counts: The Basics Cont'd

Jan. 16, 2018

While the ads will be placed at convenience stores, the press release suggests they will not call out or target the channel. Instead, the FDA said the program—aimed at smokers ages 25 to 54 who ...

Tobacco Regulation Report

Every Try Counts: A Voluntary Program

Jan. 16, 2018

After the FDA announcement, retailers expressed concerns that, like compliance checks, the Every Try Counts signage would be mandatory. NATO addressed such fears in a NATO News Bulletin on Dec. 12.&ld...

Tobacco Regulation Report

Every Try Counts: Retail Responses

Jan. 16, 2018

CSP asked retailers: What would you say if the FDA’s ad agency said they’d pay you for pumptopper or point-of-sale placement of these ads at your stores? The respondents—all of which...

Tobacco Regulation Report

This is Our Watch and We Card

Jan. 16, 2018

Though not as contested as the notion of placing anti-smoking ads in and around c-stores, some retailers were quick to point out that the convenience industry has long employed its own programs to ens...

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