Source: Richard Craver, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 9/18/19


The recent electronic-cigarette flavorings ban push by the Trump administration may play a role in reducing the decline in traditional cigarette demand, a leading tobacco analyst said Wednesday. The number of cigarettes sold — cigarette volumes — dropped by 7.1% in the four-week period that ended Sept. 7, according to the latest Nielsen survey Nielsen primarily measured convenience-store data.

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