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Spain: smoking banned in public places
Faced with the resurgence of Covid-19, Spain has extended the ban on smoking in public places to the whole country, after Galicia and the Canaries. The measure in detail.
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Smoking accessories
S. T. Dupont presents its 4 new lighters
S.T. Dupont adds four MegaJet lighters to its autumn catalogue: an adjustable torch flame, timeless colours and a format announced as small enough for a pocket.
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Smoking accessories
The new Zippo inserts
Zippo now lets you fit the insert of your choice to your lighter. Single torch, double torch or electric arc: the three new inserts and their stated specifications.
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Cigarettes: a likely fall in the number of cartons brought into the country
Until now it has been possible to bring back up to 4 cartons per person from a stay abroad. That limit could fall to 1 carton, and the price gaps explain why.
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Smoking accessories
Art & Volutes tobacco pouches
Art & Volutes is a French brand founded by two people with a keen interest in cigars and smoking accessories. A look at its pouches, its materials and its pricing.
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Zippo prize draw, August 2020
A draw open to anyone of legal age from 29 July to midnight on 27 August 2020: how to enter, the gifts and vouchers at stake, and the four winners drawn on 28 August.
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Smoking accessories
The Zippo, a technological innovation
George G. Blaisdell did not invent the storm lighter: he bought the rights in order to redesign it. A reading of that innovation in the light of Schumpeter’s theories.
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Shisha
Shisha world: discovering the Altaïr brand
Altaïr takes its name from the brightest star in the constellation of the Eagle. A look at the brand and at its shishas in metal and acrylic.
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E-cigarette
A tobacco for vaping grown in Corrèze
In Corrèze, where only four tobacco growers are still active, one producer has turned to a variety intended for vaping. The story of a farm reinventing itself.
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BIC buys the Djeep lighter factory
BIC has acquired the Djeep factory at Guidel, in the Morbihan, for at least 40 million euros. What the purchase changes for the French lighter maker.
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Zippo: 600 million units sold
The American firm passed the 600 million lighter mark in June 2020, 88 years after George G. Blaisdell set it up. How a family business became a multinational, and the edition marking it.
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E-cigarette
Who really invented the e-cigarette?
A 1963 prototype, an inhaler patented in 1903 and far older practices still: the paternity of the electronic cigarette is disputed between several inventors.
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The BIC Redon factory makes protective visors
The lighter giant has adapted during the Covid-19 epidemic: the BIC factory at Redon has turned to protective visors, close to 20,000 of which have been distributed.
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The European Union says goodbye to menthol cigarettes
The sale of menthol cigarettes in the European Union is now prohibited. Decided in 2014, the ban took 6 years to come into force. What anti-smoking campaigners say about it.
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Luxury
S.T Dupont unveils its new Croco Dandy range
Crocodile-effect leather and a lacquered finish: the Croco Dandy range from S.T. Dupont brings together two lighters, a cigar humidor and a set of cases. An inventory.
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A new tobacco tax because of Covid-19
A hidden new tax on tobacco is already causing teeth to grind. Amendment no. 431 to the 2020 finance bill would offset the waiving of rents through duties on tobacco.
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Other
James Albert Bonsack, discovering the origins of the rolling machine
A competition launched by a Richmond manufacturer, a young American inventor who took up the challenge: how the cigarette rolling machine came into being.
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E-cigarette
Coronavirus: e-liquid makers turn to hand sanitiser
During the shortage of hand sanitiser, e-liquid manufacturers such as Lips, near Nantes, switched their production lines to the recipe issued by the WHO.
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The lighter is becoming a must-have jewellery accessory
Designers are showing lighters as pieces of jewellery and fashion accessories in their own right. During fashion week 2020, the lighter took the lion’s share of attention.
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E-cigarette
Discovering the MyBlu brand
A subsidiary of Fontem Ventures present in France since 2016, Blu sells its MyBlu range as starter kits. The features and the flavours announced by the brand.
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Coronavirus: Maison Berger makes hand sanitiser solutions
Maison Berger, a specialist in fragrance diffusers, has started making hand sanitiser solutions, 4,000 litres of which are being given to the Rouen university hospital.
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