WT cancels their Istanbul exhibition

  In a move sure to upset prospective exhibitors and attendees – World Tobacco (WT) sent out a late email on May 7 canceling its show scheduled for May 29-31. The email informs it was told by the venue on May 2nd it could not hold the show. This is the second show canceled this year [...]

Tobacco Plus Expo Getting a Name Change

LAS VEGAS — Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) will roll out the red carpet for convenience stores at next year’s show, as reflected in the event’s name change. TPE will now be known as Tobacco Plus Convenience (TPC) and will get a new logo to herald the invitation and inclusion of any and all stores that [...]

Zeller ‘Very Interested’ in Retail Perspective on E-Cigs

New CTP director less clear on menthol, deeming, substantial equivalents By MELISSA VONDER HAAR Tobacco E-News | April 24, 2013 LAS VEGAS – Tobacco retailers, suppliers and other NATO Show attendees made up a standing-room only crowd at the general session, The FDA’s Vantage Point & NATO’s Viewpoint, eager to hear whether Mitch Zeller, the U.S. Food & [...]

New York City proposes to increase the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18.

New York City proposes to increase the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18. Mayor Bloomberg, clearly no ally of tobacco, has already advocated restrictions on advertising and NYC has one of the country’s highest taxes. This new proposal aims to prevent younger adults from smoking. “Our responsibility today is to do everything we can [...]

More trade shows etc

It’s trade show time again- when is it ever not?? Despite whining about the excessive number of trade shows, their encroachment and cost – the shows still go on. In the US trade show attendance is still reasonably healthy but elsewhere in the world it is not. The one exception is Inter-Tabac Dortmund which appears [...]

Altria To Debut Electronic Cigarette

Altria To Debut Electronic Cigarette Altria Group Inc., the largest seller of tobacco in the U.S., is getting into the e-cig business. The company announced that its subsidiary Nu Mark is planning to introduce an electronic cigarette in the second half of 2013, Bloomberg reported. The electronic cigarette will be sold in an undisclosed market. [...]

V2 Cigs and National Tobacco Company Announce Strategic Partnership

V2 Cigs and National Tobacco Company Announce Strategic Partnership MIAMI, FL–(Marketwired – Apr 23, 2013) – V2 Cigs(R), America’s largest volume online retailer of electronic cigarettes, announced today a strategic partnership with National Tobacco Company (NTC), distributor of the iconic Zig-Zag(R) and Beech-Nut(R) brands. The two companies have joined forces in the development of a [...]

FDA OKs Longer-Term Use of Nicotine Replacement Products

SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is giving consumers the green light to use over-the-counter nicotine gum, patches and lozenges longer than the labels direct. According to the current labels on nicotine replacement products, consumers should stop use after 12 weeks, at most. However, the FDA announced today that the makers of nicotine gum [...]