Tobacco: Innovation or Me-Toos?
The struggle for growing cigar sales in convenience stores has been finding new products that boast consumer-driven innovations—as opposed to “me-too” offerings—while still driving the profitable margins retailers need to justify the space in an already overcrowded tobacco set.
Tobacco Industry View: The Battle Over Legal Age
Raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products is a solution that will not solve the problem of underage use of tobacco products. The solution in large part relies on curbing the access of tobacco by minors from social sources and enabling adults.