Ignore Big Tobacco: its decline is retail’s opportunity

Manny Patel

Let’s be clear about who benefits from the spin that regulating tobacco is bad for retailers: not the corner shop or the supermarket but the multinational tobacco manufacturers, says Hazel Cheeseman, CEO of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

Big Tobacco is out in force telling retailers what to think about impending changes to the law. As you may have heard, the government is phasing out the sale of tobacco to the next generation, which means by 2027 no one born before 2009 can be legally sold tobacco.

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