Wonder when people who come up with ridiculous suggestions will tackle the issue of illicit tobacco and eCigarette sales and use? Maybe because it is a real issue requiring measurable action they see it as too hard and would rather focus on soft issues that cannot be easily measured. Would this put you off smoking? The warnings that could soon be printed on every single individual cigarette in Australia Researchers want health warnings printed on each individual cigarettes Queensland study recommends measure as graphic pictures have lost impact Images of lungs, rotten teeth and cancerous mouths ‘don’t have shock value’ By AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS 2 October 2019 Researchers want health warnings printed on each and every cigarette as the shocking, graphic images printed on packets aren’t convincing smokers to quit. A new Queensland study has recommended individual cigarettes be printed with warnings, including how many minutes of life smokers will…

Sue Mitchell Oct 2, 2019 AFR Coles has opened Australia’s first ‘grocerant’ – a food hall in a supermarket – after establishing partnerships with independent food retailers to augment its in-house convenience foods range. Coles customers will be able to dine on sandwiches, salads or hot food bowls from cult Melbourne-based food chain EARL Canteen or snack on freshly made sushi and Japanese-inspired sliders from national chain Sushi Sushi while picking up their groceries. “It means for breakfast, lunch and dinner we have all the bases covered,” chief executive Steven Cain said on Wednesday after unveiling the first “grocerant” – a combination of the words grocery and restaurant – at the retailer’s newly refurbished flagship store at Tooronga in Melbourne. Mr Cain is aiming to accelerate Coles’ same-store sales growth, which has lagged that of Woolworths for 10 of the last 11 quarters, by tapping demand from time-poor consumers willing…

NATALIE RAHHAL 3 October, 2019DAILYMAIL.COM Over 800 people in the US have lung illnesses from vaping and 17 have now died On Tuesday, Alabama reported its first vaping-related death Mayo Clinic scientists performed biopsies on the lung tissue of 17 vaping illness patients, two of whom died 71% of the those patients used marijuana products Across the board, the scientists found the damage was most like ‘chemical burns’ from toxic fumes  The hundreds of vaping illnesses and over a dozen deaths are likely caused by toxic fumes from e-cigarettes, a first-of-its kind study suggests. More than 800 Americans have suffered severe lung damage and, as of Wednesday, an additional death was reported in Alabama, bringing the national total to 17 vaping-related fatalities. As illnesses and deaths have mounted, scientists have been scrambling for answers and have cautiously proposed a number of theories. At last, Mayo Clinic researchers can offer a…

Simon Evans Oct 2, 2019 AFR The boss of $2 billion ASX-listed car parts group Bapcor Ltd says the hype surrounding the emergence of electric vehicles simply doesn’t match the reality in Australia. Bapcor chief executive Darryl Abotomey said electric vehicles made up less than 0.5 per cent of the total number of cars on Australian roads in 2018 and they won’t begin making serious inroads for some years to come. The CEO of car parts group Bapcor Ltd, Darryl Abotomey, says the hype does not match the reality when it comes to electric cars in Australia. Paul Harris “The hype does not match the reality,” Mr Abotomey said in the group’s annual report released on Wednesday. He said he was constantly questioned by shareholders and investors about the potential for a big shift in dynamics, but reality didn’t match the perceptions. Electric vehicles accounted for less than 1 per…

ABC A handful of e-cigarette shop owners in Massachusetts are suing over the state’s temporary ban on all vape products, arguing in court documents that it is unconstitutional, one of them telling ABC News that his seven years of hard work in building his business was “gone in five minutes.” “This ban is a death sentence to all the shop owners,” Craig Rourke, an attorney who is representing the store owners, told ABC News Tuesday. “Monday, they were selling totally legal products, that they had been for years, that were regulated by the FDA,” he said. “Wednesday, if they continued that, it would have been a criminal act.” (MORE: Confusion surrounds the vaping crisis: Here’s what we know and don’t) In a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court District of Massachusetts on Sunday, three shop owners representing seven stores are suing the state as well as Massachusetts Gov.…

 Gary Mortimer  Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology  September 16, 2019 Louise Grimmer !”  Louise Grimmer is a Friend of The Conversation.  Lecturer in Retail Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania  Disclosure statement Gary Mortimer has conducted and published research in the pharmacy and supermarkets sectors, and for the National Retail Association. Before his academic appointment, he was employed for more than 25 years in the retail sector. His consumer behaviour research spans retail channels including supermarkets, pharmacy and off-price retailers. Louise Grimmer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. On the way home, you wander into the supermarket for a loaf of bread. But before you reach the bread aisle, you drop in your prescription at…