Andrew Romeo – An Insider’s Perspective
Mike Bloomberg Tries to Look Busy with Coke
Mike Bloomberg Looks Busy: Now with the Soft Drinks Welcome once again to liberal hold-fast New York City, where you cannot smoke in the park, Central or otherwise (Coming Soon
Tobacco, Restaurants and Donuts: Be in Touch With Your Consumer
We live in an age where individual consumers can comment about products and services on the Internet, and make an immediate impact on the companies who provide them. That is,
Philip Morris, Swedish Snus, and the Parliament brand in Russia
Parliament has been a popular cigarette in Russia since the late 1990s. Unlike in the US, it is super-premium, priced above Marlboro alongside brands like Davidoff and Sobranie. In 1998,
Notes from a veteran of the Swedish Match Wars
Having caught up with the news of Swedish Match’s legal initiatives vs. BAT, and especially the boys at V2, I thought a bit of perspective is in order. When I
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SNUS IN THE USA?
If I recall, the cost of a mini-snus factory should not run over $3 million. That’s with standard primary and Mertz machines, plus re-wetting, and, the variable, refrigerated facilities for
BP Can’t Stop Screwing Up.
I am a liberal. Don’t like guns, but won’t hug any trees. I eat animals, and distrust big corporations because I have worked for them. The FDA is over-worked, under-skilled
Those DAMNED ICELANDISTS!
The Long Volcanic Ash Plagued Wait for Home I’m sick. Sick and tired of those volcano-cloud apologists who won’t let us get on our damned planes and do the shit
THE NANNY STATE: RUSSIAN STYLE – Introduction
Preface: Andrew Romeo and Russia Having moved from the mother’s love of an international ‘big tobacco’ job at Gallaher, to the aggressive, tactical point-and-shoot “small-fish” job as a small snus
THE NANNY STATE: RUSSIAN STYLE – Introduction
There was once a country, one thousand years old, called, at first, Rus’, and then known throughout the world as Russia and then, briefly, the Soviet Union. Expanding from Kiev
Russia, Cigarettes & Snus: What Is To Be Done?
“What is to be Done?” is the title of at least two pre-Communist treatises, one written by Nikolai Chernyshevksy in 1861 (while in prison in St. Petersburg), which called on
The (other) Great White North
Starting next week, I will be posting from my old ‘stomping ground’ of Russia. Specifically, I have accepted a consultancy appointment with a drinks company in St. Petersburg, and will
Tobacco Smuggling and Terrorism.
In discussions on-line about the impending PACT act becoming law, it has become obvious that American snusers feel they are getting a raw deal. In a sense, American consumers of
No News is Good News
Swedish Match AB is in PR Emergency Mode today, Monday, October 26th. Why? An American researcher from Harvard, Greg Connolly, read a snus ingredient label in 2008, and found a
THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS – A Look Inside Taboca AS
Rumors, articles and independently confirmed facts underline the reality that Taboca AS, based in Oslo, Norway, and with production in Sweden on Gotland, has gone through a management overhaul. I
THE SLEEPING GIANT. IMPERIAL TOBACCO
Swedish snus consumers in the United States are educated consumers. They have to be. They are bombarded with locally available products called “snus” which are geared toward current smokers with
The New York Times Takes on Camel SNUS (and I was there)
Today, Andrew Adam Newman, an Advertising/Marketing columnist for the New York Times, published an article, A Different Camel is Back in the Glossies . What is remarkable is that the
Beware ‘The Green Seal’ of Quality
The US government tells us that snus “is not a safe alternative to cigarettes.” It is. Most definitely. Then they say that snus “may cause mouth cancer.” When has it
Have Cigarette Brands Failed as Snus Brands?
The tobacco industry is one of having one’s ducks in a row while jumping through hoops. The one constant, as it is in any mega-corporate environment, is that a bad
Big Tobacco’s Advertising ‘WORK-AROUNDS’
In an atmosphere of increasing regulation of tobacco companies, it has become common for them to stretch laws, or work around them in order to advertise their products to adult
Philip Morris Says Snus will not Help Smokers Quit
Here is a great example of how Big Tobacco loves the Press. Though this one was a bit obvious, keen observers should begin watching for more articles like this. It’s
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