Tobacco news and trends

Juul To Adopt More Stringent Anti-Youth Checks
Retail // August 29, 2019

Juul, one of the most popular e-cigarette brands in the U.S., will be adopting a new age verification system to curb underage smoking, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.  The company is going to offer upwards of $100 million in incentives for...

Is Digital Age Verification Coming Of Age?
Authentication // July 02, 2019

Thanks to the digital economy and its supporting technology, we can say we are in the “golden age” of this and that. The golden age of delivery and quick fulfillment. The golden age of product reviews and price comparisons. What about the golden age of...

Bitcoin Daily: French Tobacco Shops Have Bitcoin For Sale; China Mobile Creates Blockchain Water Purifier
Bitcoin // January 09, 2019

Coinbase reportedly stopped all Ethereum Classic (ETC) transactions following a potential so-called “double spend” attack, The Hacker News reported. The cryptocurrency exchange found “repeated deep reorganizations” of the digital currency’s blockchain. According to the outlet, attackers reportedly took coins that had been spent from those that...

How To Sell [PRODUCT OMITTED]
Controversial // December 21, 2015

What’s in a brand name? Perhaps not much… unless it’s got the word “tobacco” in it, in which case that’s very, very bad in terms of public perception. Some of the biggest T-word companies in the world have found a way to (continue to) profit...

Interviews & Exclusives
Trending: Close But No Cigar? What Local Sales Tax Laws Mean For Tobacco eSellers

September 27, 2019
Countries around the globe are launching new digital sales taxes in efforts to improve their revenue streams and create more balanced business environments for domestic brick-and-mortars and foreign eCommerce marketplaces. Global consensus over how such tax policies should be enacted has yet to materialize, however, and disagreements among laws create confusion and greater compliance work […]

Is Digital Age Verification Coming Of Age?

July 02, 2019
Thanks to the digital economy and its supporting technology, we can say we are in the “golden age” of this and that. The golden age of delivery and quick fulfillment....

Quick Reads
Juul To Adopt More Stringent Anti-Youth Checks

August 29, 2019
Juul, one of the most popular e-cigarette brands in the U.S., will be adopting a new age verification system to curb underage smoking, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.  The company is going to offer upwards of $100 million in incentives for retail stores to adopt the new system, which will block […]

Bitcoin Daily: French Tobacco Shops Have Bitcoin For Sale; China Mobile Creates Blockchain Water Purifier

January 09, 2019
Coinbase reportedly stopped all Ethereum Classic (ETC) transactions following a potential so-called “double spend” attack, The Hacker News reported. The cryptocurrency exchange found “repeated deep reorganizations” of the digital currency’s blockchain....