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...The regulator initiated enforcement action against some Walgreens outlets and against rival Circle K Stores, warning the retailers that it would vigorously enforce the law....
...Japan Tobacco created a programme known as Arise in partnership with the ILO in 2011, aimed at ensuring that children do not become involved in tobacco farming by providing educational materials, after-school...
...Ms Salzman rejected health officials’ concerns that vaping would entice new recruits to smoking and said that PMI’s IQOS ecigarette product was not sold to non-smokers at its retail outlets....
...Altria, the tobacco juggernaut behind Marlboro, has seen its shares fall by nearly a fifth in recent weeks....
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...FamilyMart’s rivals also plan new offerings: launderettes, bike-sharing stations, night-time self-service outlets and pharmacy counters are on the list of impending rollouts....
...BAT, meanwhile, introduced its Glo device to Tokyo in early July via 8,000 outlets around the city. By the end of the year it will have pushed into Osaka and Miyagi prefecture....
...After the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in 2012, Dick’s suspended sales of “modern sporting rifles” for a while, only to resume them later in 35 Field & Stream outlets....
...Small, local convenience stores as well as larger, smarter shopping outlets with restaurants and cinemas are thriving, while middle-ranking shopping centres and high streets suffer....
...During the third quarter, Office Depot closed seven stores but will step this up to 65 outlets in the final three months of the year....
...An earnings guidance upgrade and better than expected third-quarter sales gains from home improvement retailer Home Depot failed to impress investors on Tuesday....
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...No other media outlets paid tax at the higher rate. Imperial Tobacco Hungary said the new charges were “clearly discriminatory” and pledged to continue with legal challenges against unfair treatment....
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