American Wholesale Marketers Association

Scott Ramminger Being Sworn In on Capitol Hill

Doug MacKay leading a session at 2010 AWMA Buyers Program

Scott Ramminger Testifying on the Calling Card Protection Act

Scott Ramminger Testifies on Capitol Hill

AWMA & Dot Foods: Foodservice Fundamentals Conference

Join AWMA and Dot Foods in St. Louis, Missouri
on Thursday May 6!

2010 AWMA's Day on the Hill

Plans are already underway for a 2010 AWMA “Day on the Hill” program to be held May 12 & 13, 2010. The annual AWMA “...

2010 AWMA Summit & Business Exchange (ABX)

The 2010 Summit & Business Exchange (ABX) will be held at The Ritz-...

AWMA 2010: A Focus on Education

LAS VEGAS – AWMA’s new chairman for 2010, Jonathan Burklund, speaking to the association’s members Wednesday morning at the AWMA Show in Las Vegas, served notice that his goal...

Focus on Core Brands Fundamental to Candy, Snack Profits

A panel of experts representing a distributor, a manufacturer, a consultant and an association executive agreed that turning attention to the core brands that sell in c-stores is the first step to...

Focus on Foodservice

Wednesday’s second Super Session focused on strategies for building foodservice sales, and was led by Ira Blumenthal, president, Co-Opportunities, and covered by a panel featuring Andy...

Foodservice -- No Longer Just Hot Dogs on the Grill

The past two years of economic strain have slowed growth of foodservice sales across the board. However, as consumer confidence regains and consumers have more money in their pockets, the...

Leading in Tough Times

Distributors were challenged during a Wednesday morning “wake up” session by industry consultant Doug MacKay to focus on innovation as they seek to weather difficult economic times and...

On Tap for Thursday

Thursday’s AWMA Show opens at 7:30 a.m. with two concurrent “wake up” sessions, “How to Market and Sell tobacco Post-FDA,” sponsored by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.,...

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Distributors seek equity in battle against untaxed Native American cigarettes by Bob Gatty Key Takeaways • The situation in New York is the most severe, with the state losing upwards of $200 million in revenue as year. • The Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco is working for passage of the PACT Act, which will halt mail delivery of tobacco and make failure to collect taxes a federal offense.

Distributors seek equity in battle against untaxed Native American cigarettes

by Bob Gatty

Key Takeaways
• The situation in New York is the most severe, with the state losing upwards of $200 million in revenue as year.
• The Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco is working for passage of the PACT Act, which will halt mail delivery of tobacco and make failure to collect taxes a federal offense.

Convenience Distribution ™ March/April Issue

Re: Bullet Pts. For Distributors to Use in Submitting FDA Comments

Date: September 22, 2009

AWMA/Meltwater Newsfeed

FDA Center for Tobacco Products Website

Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco

Bullet Points for Submitting Your Own Comments to the FDA