Villiger Stokkebye International has named Ray MacLaren its new president, effective February 27. MacLaren, who previously worked for Gurkha Cigar, replaces Erik Stokkebye, who resigned. Stokkebye’s departure followed news of Lane Limited taking o...

General, Swedish Match’s flagship product, will now be available in convenience stores and tobacco outlets in the metropolitan areas of New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Denver, Nashville and throughout the state of Ohio. The company al...

In April, blu ecigs announced that it would be acquired by Lorillard, Inc., the third-largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the U.S. Industry observers speculate that the move is an indication that both consumers and cigarette makers are embracing...

On Friday, February 24, 2012, two state courts ruled in favor of Roll Your Own tobacco retailers on cases brought to them by retailers offering rental of Roll Your Own cigarette machines. In the two cases filed in Connecticut and Wisconsin the ret...

Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., the home to an Occupy D.C. encampment since last September, was the venue for the enjoyment of tasty cigars and insightful discussion about flawed federal and state regulations of tobacco products on Thursday, Fe...

FDA retailer compliance inspections focus solely on regulated tobacco products, which at this point only includes cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco, the Food and Drug Administration informed retailers atten...

The industry’s largest trade show has named CSNews its official convenience store media partner. The Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) and Stagnito Media have entered into an exclusive partnership whereby Convenience Store News will be the official conven...

Smoker Friendly International recently announced that they will be offering their U.S.-Made Smoker Friendly Electronic Cigarette line to retailers and distributors nationwide. Since 2009, Smoker Friendly has been selling their U.S.-made electronic...

In case you missed it, research published in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry showed that the ancient Mayans had a deep cultural affection for tobacco that dates back at least 1,300 years. Researchers apparently identified traces of nicot...

On January 18, the FDA will kick-off the first day of a three-day public meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee. From 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the meeting will be closed to permit discussion and review of trade secret and con...