Tobacco

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

Tobacco Category Digest

Tobacco

$18 Million Grant Geared Toward Providing FDA More Timely Tobacco Data

Rutgers-led Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco will look at nicotine marketing, products, consumer behavior

Tobacco

Convenience Leads Tobacco Sellers, But Other Channels Poised to Pick Up Volume

Dollar stores show legs with cigarettes, mass merchandisers grow cigars sales

The race to leverage consumer data to connect with loyal customers

Chain follows Circle K, Smoker Friendly stores, which already sell the product

New prices to take effect July 3

Products

Menthol cigarette ban struck down while cigarette excise tax increase passes: Calvin

Legislation would only apply to 3 proposed items: Briant

C-store groups call on FDA for transparency over which products are legal to sell

Tobacco company plans to expand Njoy Ace in retail stores

Agency conducts retailer inspections, issues additional warning letters

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