Cigarettes – Page 14 – Counter Tobacco

Research Shows $10 Minimum Price + Discount Ban = 12.5 Million Fewer Smokers

Cigarettes, Non-Tax Price Increases, Price Promotions
July 22, 2016

In 2014, the Surgeon General set a $10 per pack target price for cigarettes in order to effectively decrease tobacco use. However, today, cigarettes in the United States cost an … Read More

News and Research Roundup

Cigarettes, Displays/Display Ban, E-Cigarettes, Healthy Retailers, Minimum price, Non-Tax Price Increases, Price Promotions, Tobacco21, Youth
July 16, 2016

Welcome to CounterTobacco.org’s “News and Research Roundup!” Each month we post a summary of the latest research, reports, and news stories on counteracting tobacco product sales and marketing at the point … Read More

News from New Zealand: Point of Sale Display Ban Working

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, Displays/Display Ban, International, Product Placement
July 8, 2016

A recent evaluation of New Zealand’s point of sale tobacco display ban shows significant drops in youth smoking rates and smoking experimentation. Previous research has shown a strong relationship between visits to … Read More

News and Research Roundup

Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, Non-Tax Price Increases, Price Promotions, Tobacco21
June 15, 2016

New Point of Sale Report to the Nation shows increased policy activity since 2012

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Health Warnings, Licensing, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Non-Tax Price Increases, Policy Advocacy, Price Promotions, Product Availability, Product Placement, Smokeless Tobacco and SNUS, Store Assessments, Youth
June 3, 2016

The latest Point of Sale Report of the Nation: Realizing the Power of States and Communities to Change the Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape was released earlier this week. This report, the … Read More

New POS Trend to Watch: Digital Couponing

Cigarettes, Non-Tax Price Increases, Price Promotions
May 27, 2016

The tobacco industry spends over 91% of its marketing dollars at the point of sale, including expenditures on coupons to reduce the retail cost of tobacco. They know that price … Read More

News and Research Round Up

Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Health Warnings, Licensing, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Product Packaging, Retailer Density, Tobacco21, Vape Shops, Youth
May 16, 2016

FDA Releases Final Deeming Rule Regulating All Tobacco Products

Cigarettes, Displays/Display Ban, E-Cigarettes, FDA, Health Warnings, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Product Availability
May 5, 2016

The FDA released its final deeming rule this morning in a long-awaited 499-page document outlining the tobacco and nicotine products over which it now has regulation authority, and detailing the … Read More

News and Research Round Up

Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Healthy Retailers, International, Licensing, Pharmacies, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Tobacco21, Vape Shops, Youth
April 14, 2016

Federal Trade Commission Reports on Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Sales and Marketing Expenditures in 2013

Cigarettes, Price Promotions, Smokeless Tobacco and SNUS
March 24, 2016

In 2013, the tobacco industry spent over $8.6 billion on marketing and promoting cigarettes and smokeless tobacco at the point of sale. These point of sale expenditures account for 91.2% … Read More

Category: Cigarettes