Manufacturers of one of the c-store channel's biggest sellers have injected flavors into smokeless tobacco, cigars and even some cigarettes. But while c-store retailers continue to suffer from cigarette tax hikes and Internet sales, flavored tobacco is offering a bright spot in the category. In the past two years, tobacco companies introduced a number of new products and flavors, but smokeless and cigars have seen the greatest response. I think the traditional cigarette smoker is less...

Speaking to ET, department of industry sources said it was important for the government to understand how liberalised FDI norms would affect the rural economy, including farmers and agricultural labour. FDI up to 100% with prior government approval is allowed in the tobacco sector for manufacturing cigars and cigarettes. The impact of allowing FDI in agricultural products such as tobacco will also be captured in the report, sources said. While it could lead to larger employment...

Johnny Brown, an employee at the farm, said the bitter cold spell that hit several weeks ago has hurt the crop and probably will lessen the yield harvested this fall. Across Horry and Georgetown counties, the recent wind storm and below-freezing temperatures April 8 and 9 have killed tobacco plants and stunted corn and small grains. Tobacco that was planted before the freeze was wiped out, said Carlin Munnerlyn, county agent for the extension service. The result will be higher prices or...

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Cigarette firms push for tobacco teabags. Unlike chewing tobacco or smoking, snus does not increase rates of oral or lung cancer, according to research published online this week by The Lancet medical journal. Tucked between the gum and upper lip, the moist tobacco produces a juice that can deliver a bigger dose of nicotine than a cigarette. Tobacco rolled in a tube of paper as a cigarette, as opposed to cigars, is thought to have first appeared during the Crimean War of 1853-1856 when it...