The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) plans to develop a proposed product standard that would establish a maximum nicotine level to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products is part of published plans by the Biden-Harris Administration for future potential regulatory actions. The goal of the potential rule would be…
MYLE Vape Named ‘Industry Leader’
Established global vape brand MYLE Vape was given the “Industry Leader” award at the Vapouround Awards in Birmingham, U.K., for showing excellence and ingenuity in the vape industry. Since it’s inception in 2015, MYLE has worked tirelessly to create a trusted global brand that is constantly innovating, is quick to react to harmful, unsafe counterfeit…
Smokeless Tobacco Faces Local Regulatory Pressure
After the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outlined its proposed rules to ban menthol cigarettes and characterizing flavors in cigars last month, all eyes are turning to cigarettes and cigars, allowing smokeless tobacco to fly under the radar. Smokeless tobacco has so far remained unscathed by FDA flavor bans. However, some state and local legislatures…
Expanding Tobacco Accessories
Displays and sales of tobacco accessories at convenience stores are shifting as c-stores incorporate new items to meet customer demands. The evolution mirrors the changing algebra of the tobacco category as a whole. A nationwide drop in cigarette smoking; the growth of smoke shops, dollar stores and cannabis-related products; rising taxes; increasingly restrictive legislation; and…
Cigarettes Holding Strong Despite Volatility
High gas prices, increased legislation and inflationary pressure will continue to have a negative impact on cigarette sales, but despite these external factors, cigarettes continue to hold strong and remain a key driver of in-store sales. Cigarette dollar sales dropped 5.8% to $4.2 billion for the four weeks ending April 17, 2022, according to total…
Vape Popularity Grows Despite Uncertainty
C-store retailers continue to wait in suspense for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions on pre-market tobacco applications (PMTAs) to trickle in, revealing the future direction of the category and which products can legally be sold under FDA’s ongoing regulations. Despite the uncertainty, vape sales maintained steady growth. Dollar sales for electronic smoking devices increased…
Cigars Under FDA Scrutiny
Proposed rules from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) targeting flavored cigars have retailers considering what such a ban would mean for their business. On April 28, 2022, the FDA announced proposed product standards “to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars.” The National…
What Should I Know About Vape For My C-Store?
C-store retailers are paying attention to premarket tobacco applications (PMTA) and the products that are and aren’t allowed on the shelf, including vape. This occurs while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposes bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, as well as extends regulatory authority over synthetic nicotine products. This may make retailers questions…
2022 Tobacco and Nicotine Outlook
Outside of pump prices, few convenience store categories are subjected to external factors as extensively and frequently as tobacco, and now synthetic nicotine, too. Sure, supply chain shortfalls affect other in-store mainstays, but these sectors aren’t submitted to bans that limit product options, the possibility of excise tax hikes or advertising restrictions. Despite all the…
How Would a Menthol Cigarette Ban Impact C-Stores?
Ever since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was granted regulatory authority over combustible cigarettes with the 2009 Tobacco Control Act, there have been stirrings throughout the convenience store industry that the agency would withdraw market authorization for menthol cigarettes. It wasn’t until the FDA announced in January 2022 that it would revisit the possibility…