Convenience stores can protect their tobacco sales by doing everything they are probably already doing. Protecting them from over-zealous politicians, unfortunately, remains a whole other matter. Experienced c-store retailers know how to make the most of this essential category. Most of it has to do with adroitly managing the basics: * Know the best-selling items…
FDA Issues Denials to Another 31 Makers of ENDS Products
Following its issuance last week of marketing denial orders (MDOs) to three companies for their flavored electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now issued MDOs to an additional 31 companies for approximately 300,000 flavored ENDS products from Aug. 27 through Sept. 2. Companies receiving these MDOs may…
Handmade, All-Natural Tobacco Cigars
Frontier Brands has introduced Frontier Cigarillos and Frontier XLs. The Frontier Cigarillos are handmade all-natural tobacco cigars made with tobaccos from Nicaragua and Dominican Republic. These cigars come in six flavors: Honey, Honey Berry, Rum, Russian Cream, Sweet Aromatic and Whiskey. Each cigar is individually cellophaned and packaged in retail tins of 10 cigars. The […]
Disposable Vape Pens
Made by VaporLax, Sirius Disposables offer prestigious quality control, quick and responsive customer support and high-quality product designs. Made with 10 milliliters of e-liquid and a 1500 mAh battery, Sirius Disposables are one of the largest disposable vape pens in the industry. VaporLax’s Sirius Disposables come in a variety of long-lasting vape pens with an […]
FDA Issues First Denials of ENDS Marketing Applications
On Aug. 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first marketing denial orders (MDOs) for electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products after determining the applications for about 55,000 flavored ENDS products from three applicants lacked sufficient evidence that they have a benefit to adult smokers sufficient to overcome the public health threat posed…
Bidi Vapor Going After Illegal ENDS Products
Bidi Vapor, the maker of the BIDI Stick disposable electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), announced today that the company will deploy a multi-prong strategy to combat the flood of illegal and subpar ENDS products that have entered the market. Among the strategies Bidi Vapor publicly disclosed include injunctions and lawsuits over false advertising and intellectual…
Smokeless Stands Firm
There’s a new type of tobacco customer shopping at convenience stores — one who is more willing to cross over between product families. For example, category managers report smokeless tobacco users now like to mix in oral nicotine products, especially pouches. “The growth in oral tobacco-derived nicotine appears to be coming from multiple categories, which…
New Cigarette Warnings Pushed to Late Next Year
On Aug. 18, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order postponing the new effective date of the “Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements” final rule until Oct. 11, 2022. Pursuant to the court order, any obligation to comply with a deadline tied to the effective date is similarly…
Retro Lighters
BIC Special Edition Nostalgia Series Lighters celebrate the most well-known technological extinctions of our time with these ironically, trendy designs. The lighters in this series have a suggested retail price of $2.09 per lighter. BIC Maxi Lighters are long-lasting, reliable and 100% quality inspected. BIC www.us.bic.com
NATO Report: Cigarette Warnings Postponed, Flavor Bans Increase Youth Smoking
On Aug. 18, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued an order further postponing the effective date of the FDA’s graphic cigarette health warning rule by another 90 days from July 13, 2022, to Oct. 11, 2022. In addition, the order also states that “any other obligation to comply with a…