• December 4, 2024

Staff Writer

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Luggageless

The insignia thief must have turned himself in, because we’re allowed off the plane. But while the flight attendant has her decorations back, we’re without luggage. It’s still in Miami, where we Read More

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Detained

We haven’t even landed in Latin America yet, and we’re already being threatened with detention—not for investigating the counterfeit cigarette trade, but for theft. As the plane descends, a terse flight attendant Read More

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We’re idiots

“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.” The leaf merchant was not impressed with our suggestion to track down a cigarette counterfeiter in Paraguay and interview him for an upcoming article in Tobacco Read More

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“Lickless” RYO papers

Sustainable Trading claims the “first true innovation” in otherwise stale market. Sustainable Trading Ltd. (STL) has introduced a line of self-adhesive tobacco rolling papers in the United Kingdom. The company says its introduction, called VPapers, Read More

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Rewriting the Book

Many “innovative” packs have been launched in recent years; BAT’s wallet pack, produced on machinery from Colin Mear Engineering is truly different. TR Staff Report The shrinking availability of public space to promote tobacco Read More