Grocer, January 9th, 1999
Can the tobacco trade fight on in the face of rising hostility? And is revenue to smaller stores heading for collapse?
WHEN LIFE CAN BE A REAL DRAG ...
* Groaning under health piety overload
* Total press/poster ad ban nears
* Smuggling rocketing
* Economy lines compensate
* Independents vulnerable
Tobacco is under siege as never before, with many wishing the industry the life expectancy of a highly stressed chain smoker. Rocketing taxation, thriving smuggling, advertising bans, and moves to raise the minimum smoking age to 18 are creating its darkest days yet.
Repeated pleas from ma...
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