Snus tobacco sales make headway in first quarter

(Tobacco Reporter) In Scandinavia, Swedish Match’s snus and snuff volume sales during the first three months of this year were up by six per cent on those of the January-March period of last year, according to the company’s interim management statement. However, adjusted for the timing of the Easter holidays, the volume increase was estimated to be three per cent. Snus and snuff volume sales in the US, meanwhile, were up by 16 per cent, but, taking into account stock adjustments made at the time of the federal excise tax increase last year, the growth is estimated to have been about three per cent. Continued