Table 2

Commercial literature review January 2015 to December 2017

SourceSearch terms (depends on search procedure of website)Articles/reports foundArticles/reports included in final analysis
Retailer magazines
Convenience and independents
 Betterretailing.com:
 Retail Newsagent
 Retail Express
‘tobacco’350181
 TalkingRetail.com‘tobacco’5449
Wholesalers and FMCG
 Wholesale News‘tobacco’ or ‘cigarette’ or ‘ryo’ or ‘roll +your+own’ or ‘hand+rolled’ or ‘cigar’ or ‘cigarillo’14430
 The Grocer‘tobacco’ or ‘cigarette’ or ‘ryo’ or ‘roll+your+own’ or ‘hand +rolled’ or ‘cigar’ or ‘cigarillo’820104
Industry analyst
 Euromonitor Passport‘tobacco’20
Tobacco company
Annual reports from the big four tTTCs: JTI, IMT, BAT and PMI1212
Total 1380396
  • BAT, British American Tobacco; IMT, Imperial Tobacco; JTI, Japan Tobacco International; PMI, Philip Morris International.