Tobacco

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

Tobacco Category Digest

Tobacco

Aguilar Appointed Marketing Director at General Tobacco

Previously was with B&W, PM, BAT

Tobacco

Imperial Tobacco Agrees to Buy Altadis

Britain's Imperial Tobacco agreed to buy Franco-Spanish rival Altadis on Wednesday in a 16.2 billion euros ($22.4 billion U.S.) deal that includes debt.

Intends to build Skoal Edge Wintergreen smokeless tobacco brand

An independent Lorillard opens acquisition, cash-flow opportunities

Analyst speculates RJR could buy cigar maker to counter PM USA/John Middleton

Products

Cigarette maker will become separate publicly traded company in '08

No smokes for "all-natural" station

Tobacco tax hike still sticking point, along with higher-income eligibility

Altria Group Inc. said yesterday that, having received regulatory clearance, it has completed the acquisition of John Middleton Inc.

Critics raise stink about cigarettes with reduced smell

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