Know your history to keep it from repeating itself. The tobacco timeline below can arm you with important and eye-opening facts. Here’s a timeline of some of the top bans throughout history: The increased rate of tobacco bans in recent years is alarming. It’s up to us to speak out against these regulations and protect our rights while we still …
The Cost of the FDA Ban for Retailers.
This FDA ban may not only mean a reduction in income but also extra expense to comply with new government regulations. > The Impact on Vapor Sales The proposed FDA ban targets all E-cigarette flavors except menthol and traditional tobacco flavors. While vape flavors on the whole won’t be banned, the government will impose regulations that require you to sell …
Your Future Under the FDA Flavor Bans.
The proposed bans would remove menthol cigarettes from the market, restrict sales of flavored cigars and drastically limit access to flavored vapor products. Learn how these bans will affect you and sign up to get notified about future developments or actions you can take. > What Flavor Bans are the FDA Targeting? In short, their targets are menthol cigarettes and …
Menthol Under Fire
If you’re a tobacco product retailer, read on to learn more about the potential ban and to get tips on speaking out. > What portion of your tobacco sales are menthol products? For most tobacco retailers, it’s about 1/3. So, imagine what would happen if your local government banned flavored tobacco sales. That may happen unless retailers like you take …
Talking to adult customers about tobacco price increases doesn’t have to be hard.
Customers often aren’t aware of the tobacco tax increases that affect pricing, and, even once you’ve learned of an increase, it can be tricky to talk about it with customers in the moment. With just a few easy talking points, you can diffuse frustration and help keep customers coming back to you instead of price-shopping in the next neighborhood or …
Stress-free ID checks
> By the book. Retailers are on the front lines when it comes to preventing tobacco sales to minors. That’s why checking the IDs of anyone who looks under the age of 27 is so important. Better to err on the side of caution. But sometimes customers forget their IDs, or are otherwise unable to provide them, and it can …