Tobacco in India

Cigarettes and cigars continued to witness steady growth both in terms of current value and volume in 2011. Growth in consumption was supported by increases in prices by cigarette companies to gain greater value sales compared to previous years. Furthermore, the absence of change in excise taxes also supported the stronger growth of cigarettes and cigars over 2010. Consumers increasingly continued to shift from smoking traditional beedis towards Western economy-priced cigarettes.

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Tobacco current value sales in Macedonia declined in 2011 by -1%.

This decline was lower than that of 2010 which was -2% following the 1 January 2010 official ban on smoking in public places. Prices of tobacco products remained unchanged with very few exceptions. Most manufacturers were aware that the market is declining in volume terms as a result of more smokers quitting because of increased health awareness and growing anti-smoking attitude. To Know More - www.bharatbook.com/CigaretteMarket