All Tobacco articles – Page 8
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Smoke-free zone
There’s no doubting that the UK’s drive to eradicate smoking is working. It seems incredible now but in 1974, more than 50% of men and just over 40% of women smoked. Since then a campaign of high taxes on tobacco products and seemingly unrelenting legislation regarding their sales has led ...
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NewsDerby-based tobacco smugglers jailed after HMRC raid
The leaders of a cigarette smuggling gang, who evaded almost £1.2m in taxes, have been jailed after they were caught with more than three million illegal cigarettes. Derby men Alan Rashid, 33, and Goran Mohamed Ahmed, 34, masterminded the operation to smuggle and distribute illegal cigarettes over a four-year period ...
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NewsLorry driver jailed for three years for smuggling tobacco
A lorry driver who smuggled more than nine million cigarettes into the UK hidden inside air filter units, evading £2.5m in duty, has been jailed for three years after an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Andrzej Krasnodebski, 45, was arrested by Border Force officers at Dover Eastern Docks on ...
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NewsACS calls for stronger sanctions on illicit trade
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has responded to the publication of the Government’s new Tobacco Strategy, calling for more powers to tackle the illicit trade locally in addition to the national measures set out in the document. The strategy commits to the following measures at a national level: ...
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NewsHMRC seizes tobacco from shops in Manchester and Liverpool
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco across Greater Manchester and Merseyside uncovered nearly two million cigarettes and more than 80 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco, all believed to be illicit. Around 120 officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from local council trading standards, ...
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Product news: Republic Technologies taps into RYO market with launch of kingsize tubes
Republic Technologies (UK) Ltd plans to drive growth of the £254 million tobacco accessories category with the launch of Swan Kingsize Cigarette Tubes, the brand’s latest innovation.The company says the Kingsize Cigarette Tubes tap into the £1.9 million tubing market, meeting demand from ‘cash-conscious’ consumers looking for a quality alternative ...
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NewsOne in eight London shops selling illegal tobacco says JTI
An undercover operation by Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has found that one in eight London retailers are selling illegal tobacco products under the counter.Research conducted by JTI among smokers in the capital also revealed that more than a third (37%) have purchased illegal cigarettes, with 28% having being offered illegal ...
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NewsNorth Wales Police thwart thieves in break-in
North Wales Police are seeking the public’s assistance following a burglary at Pontblyddyn, Service Station, in Flintshire, at approximately 2am on Thursday May 18. Detective inspector Jackie Downes at Mold CID said: “During the break-in offenders attempted to steal a significant quantity of tobacco. “However, due to the prompt arrival ...
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Product news: STG livens up small cigar sector with VFM ’Moments’
Scandinavian Tobacco Group UK Limited (STG UK) is set to reinvigorate the small cigar segment with its latest new product launch, Moments Panatella. As the tobacco category braces itself for the impact of EUTPD 2, the company says the new launch will provide retailers with a visible value alternative that ...
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All change
As you’ll all be aware, it’s all change again in the tobacco category as more legislation from EUTPDII and the UK government comes into play. Basically that means that from May 20, you are no longer allowed to sell branded packs of cigarettes or tobacco, or price-marked packs, or the ...
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New rules
It’s all change in the vaping market as the EUTPD II regulations come into force, meaning only compliant stock can be sold from May 20 onwards. Although this places a burden on forecourt retailers to ensure the products they sell are compliant, the regulations also bring an opportunity, as experts ...
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Seeing through the smoke
Are you confident that you and your staff know enough about the changes in the tobacco market to communicate them to any smokers who might ask about them?If you’re not, you’re not alone as research from Palmer and Harvey reveals that a third of retailers have still not heard of ...
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Mayday, Mayday
Last year was a momentous one for the tobacco retail trade as all stores went ’dark’ and products were hidden away behind closed doors. This year we are expecting the implementation of the European Union Tobacco Products Directive II (EUTPD II) and with it more draconian changes, not least of ...
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Vaper money
The last time Forecourt Trader ran an in-depth piece on e-cigarettes just a few months ago an expert independent review had concluded that e-cigs were less harmful than tobacco. As this article was being written, scientists had said e-cigs may be no better than their tobacco counterparts. However, their tests ...
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Vape crusaders
The e-cig industry must have been collectively jumping for joy last month after an expert independent review concluded that e-cigs were around 95% less harmful than tobacco and had the potential to help smokers quit. In what is still a relatively new industry, there has been some controversy about whether ...
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Hidden strengths
The tobacco gantry at Askern Service Station in Doncaster ’went dark’ at the end of February, well ahead of the official start date of April 6. Site manager, Richard Nixon, says everyone was well prepared. "Staff were well briefed so they knew all about the legislation and could tell customers ...
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Behind closed doors
In just two months, the way tobacco is sold across the UK will change forever with all displays going dark or ’behind closed doors’.But luckily the ’big boys’ went first so smaller retailers can learn from stores of 3,000sq ft or more whose tobacco displays went dark in England, Wales ...
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Vaper trail
You know the e-cigarette industry’s really come of age when the traditional tobacco companies get busy acquiring e-cig firms. So you have JTI with Zandera, which is responsible for E-Lites; Philip Morris International with Nicocigs, the firm behind Nicolites; and BAT with Nicoventures which produces Vype.Meanwhile, Imperial Tobacco has bought ...
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Countdown begins
April 6, 2015, is D-day for small stores selling tobacco products. From that day on displays have to be covered up, behind doors or shutters. Gayatri Barua-Howe, UK communications manager at Imperial Tobacco, says that while it is each retailer’s personal responsibility to ensure that they comply with the display ...