All Tobacco articles – Page 15
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Increased growth brand volumes boost Imperial Tobacco’s profits
A 7% rise in global growth brand volumes helped Imperial Tobacco full year adjusted operating profits grow by 2.4% to more than £3bn.
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BAT: price-marked packs ban will 'confuse' indies
BAT says not enough independent retailers are aware price-marked packs will be banned under plain packaging laws
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Tobacco sales fall in more than a third of c-stores after display ban
They had three years to prepare for the tobacco display ban, but since April the window has slammed down on c-stores
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Analysis and Features
Making the most of the tobacco display ban
Six months on, has the impact of the tobacco display ban for small shops been as bad as many feared?
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Washout summer adds to tobacco woes for c-stores
An escalation of the illicit trade in tobacco is piling the pressure on convenience store operators
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British American Tobacco agrees deal for Brazil’s Souza Cruz
British American Tobacco is set to take full control of Brazilian tobacco firm Souza Cruz after agreeing a deal with major shareholder Aberdeen Asset Management.
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Imperial Tobacco volumes and revenues dip in first nine months
Imperial Tobacco, manufacturer of major tobacco brands, including JPS, Lambert & Butler and Golden Virginia, has reported tobacco net revenue down 4% to £4.4bn in the nine months to the end of June.
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Electronic cigarettes 95% less harmful than tobacco says government body
Electronic cigarettes are 95% less harmful to health than conventional tobacco products, according to a new report from Public Health England.
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Imperial Tobacco targets car boot sales as source of illegal tobacco
Poll claims 1 in 3 smokers purchase illegal tobacco from pubs, market stalls and car boot sales
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Vaping industry hits back at e-cigarette landfill claims
The e-cigarette industry has hit back against accusations that it produces just as much waste as tobacco products
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Smugglers get 15 years in £3m illicit tobacco case
Group used a freight company as a cover to smuggle the cigarettes inside boxes of fruit and vegetables
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Analysis and Features
OC&C Global 50: International expansion still holds key for struggling tobacco firms
Revenues and margins both fell for the globe’s biggest tobacco firms last year according to the OC&C Global 50, but an industry struggling with declining cigarette volumes is still looking to new markets to underpin future growth.
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E-cigarette users in Wales face government clampdown
Welsh government aims to bring e-cigarette laws in line with current tobacco restrictions
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Ice cream vans among non-traditional illegal tobacco distributors, Imperial Tobacco warns
The manufacturer of leading brands has highlighted the issue in the latest instalment of its Suspect it? Report it! Anti-illicit trade campaign
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Tobacco companies set to appeal after losing £8.2bn Quebec class action
The Canadian subsidiaries of three major tobacco giants have vowed to appeal a judgment in two class action lawsuits at the Quebec Superior Court yesterday.
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Imperial Tobacco sees benefits of savings
The company’s cost optimisation programme is on track to deliver further incremental savings of £85m in the full year
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Higgins takes on the display ban
Our cartoonist’s interpretation of the best options for stores in the wake of tobacco gantries going dark
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Philip Morris e-cig firm slated over failure to deliver gantries
Retailers contacted The Grocer this week expressing their anger as their promised gantry had not been fitted in time - leaving them to come up with a DIY solution at short notice
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HMRC seizes huge amounts of illicit tobacco
The biggest haul involved HMRC in co-operation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) which seized more than 43m smuggled cigarettes in Croatia and Greece
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E-cigarette sales need regulation, says study
E-cig sales are sweeping through adolescent markets, the research claims, and calls for laws regarding sales to be brought in quicker