Tobacco Matters

We have for quite some time been trying to get answers from Revenue regarding what we considered to be an unusual statistic in their annual analysis of the illicit consumption survey. The figure used by them for 2021 was that 8% of the total amount of cigarettes consumed in Ireland had been purchased outside the […]

“Do Retailers Want To See Tougher Laws On Tobacco Sales?”

CSNA Commentary on Impartial Observer Article:   We noticed this Article on our news-gathering service and wondered how many (if any) of the reported observations that were purported to have come from “small” shopkeepers in the UK were true for Irish tobacco retailers. While it is true that we should have a very jaundiced eye on […]

Tobacco – Vape Sales

As retailers, we service the requirements of our customers and would be very foolish to pass judgement on adults who choose to spend their money in our stores. That does not mean that we don’t have responsibilities to manage the access to Age-restricted products in accordance with both the law and common sense. There would […]

New Imperial Big Box Prices Improves Margins

CSNA members will be pleased to note that following a series of discussions that the tobacco subcommittee held with all 4 tobacco producers/distributors over the past number of months, two of those companies agreed with our core request, not to wait for the next Budget before any changes be made to bring about a level […]