Blog & Updates
Guides, insights, and release notes for tobacco retailers.
Articles
PMTA Compliance for Tobacco Retailers
What the FDA's PMTA process means for what you can legally stock and sell — and how to vet your inventory.
Age Verification & ID Scanning: Protect Your License
How mandatory ID scanning prevents underage-sale fines, speeds checkout, and protects your tobacco license.
Tobacco Scan Data Programs, Explained
How Altria and Reynolds scan data programs work, what they pay, and what your POS needs to participate.
MSA & Tobacco Tax Reporting Made Simpler
What Master Settlement Agreement and state tobacco tax reporting require — and how the right POS automates it.
Surviving Flavored Tobacco & Menthol Bans
How to track affected SKUs, adjust inventory fast, and protect margin when flavor rules change.
How to Switch POS Systems Without Downtime
A step-by-step migration plan — data, inventory, hardware, training — that keeps your shop selling.
How to Reduce Shrinkage in a Cigar Shop
The top causes of cigar-shop shrinkage — theft, miscounts, humidor loss — and the POS controls that stop it.
Building a Loyalty Program That Works for Cigar Shops
How to design rewards for a cigar lounge and use POS data to turn one-time buyers into regulars.
Credit Card Fee Pass-Through, Explained
Passing card fees to customers is legal in most states — with rules. Here is how to do it compliantly.
The Tobacco Shop POS Hardware Guide
Scanners, printers, cash drawers, ID scanners, and terminals — what a tobacco shop needs and how to choose.
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Tobacco POS System
Complete guide covering features, pricing, compliance, and avoiding the Square/Clover shutdown trap.
How to Choose the Right POS for Your Tobacco Shop
Step-by-step evaluation framework. Test multi-pack scenarios, avoid shutdown risk, calculate real costs.
Cigar Inventory Management: The Complete Guide
How to manage multi-pack cigar inventory, track humidor stock, and keep counts accurate.
The POS Pricing Transparency Problem
Why most tobacco POS companies hide their credit card processing rates — and what it costs you.
T-Mobile Fines on SMS: What Tobacco Retailers Need to Know
New T-Mobile non-compliance fines for SMS campaigns. Understand the tiers and how to stay compliant.
TORO Release Notes
Every TORO update, newest first — new features, improvements, and fixes for each version.
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