Smokeshop Magazine Named “An Official Publication of the IPCPR"

May 28, 2009 - PRLog -- Smokeshop Magazine, a leading tobacco retailing trade publication, has been named “An Official Publication of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association” (IPCPR).

“Smokeshop  is extremely pleased to have received this endorsement from the tobacco industry’s premier retailing trade association,” said Robert Lockwood, President of Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc., the magazine’s Manhattan-based publisher. “We have been a long-time member of IPCPR [formerly the Retail Tobacco Dealers of America / RTDA], and we look forward to extending Smokeshop’s reach to the association’s full membership while publicizing IPCPR’s important legislative efforts to our even wider audience of tobacco retailers.”

Joe Rowe, Executive Director of IPCPR, said the association welcomed the mutually beneficial arrangement as it works to protect the rights and business interests of retail tobacco stores as its primary focus in legislative and taxation lobbying efforts. Smokeshop will provide the IPCPR an additional platform for communicating critical industry positions to the retail trade.

“The media plays an integral role in today’s society—it has the power to motivate, influence, and move individuals and groups alike,” said Rowe. “Having a second trade publication will help us in spreading our message and enlisting even more tobacconists to join the fight in protecting their industry.”

About Smokeshop

Smokeshop magazine (http://www.smokeshopmag.com), based in New York City and published by Lockwood Trade Journal Co., is the longest-published and most widely circulated tobacco retailing magazine serving the United States and Canadian markets. Smokeshop provides traditional, full-line tobacco retailers, tobacco outlets, cigarette tobacco stores (CTS), distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers with timely news and analysis on crucial industry issues, best-practices retailing cases studies, and new merchandise coverage and category reports on cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, OTP, pipes, and smoking accessories. Established in 1972, the publication is also an active member of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) and the Tobacconist’s Association of America (TAA).

About the IPCPR

The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (http://www.ipcpr.com) is the oldest, largest, and most active trade association representing and assisting retail tobacconists. Since 1933, IPCPR has been the leading association for the retail tobacconist, dedicated to protecting the interests of its members, keeping them informed about the industry and giving them the tools they need to succeed. It counts 2,000 retail stores worldwide and over 350 manufacturers, distributors, and service providers among its membership.

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