Increasing tobacco consumption in emerging markets that would largely cushion the impact of negative trends in the developed Western markets.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/tobacco_ci...164863.htm
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global outlook on the Tobacco Industry. Growth in the global market for tobacco products has been restricted during the past few years due to government regulations and rising health concerns associated with smoking across the world. Companies worldwide have been forced to adhere to laws that prohibit them from promoting tobacco products. However, demand continued to rise worldwide, and is expected to do so through the analysis period, albeit at a sluggish pace, driven mainly by increasing tobacco consumption in emerging markets that would largely cushion the impact of negative trends in the developed Western markets.
Tobacco industry rides out recession with rising share prices. Cigarette shares defy falling sales. The secret? When taxes rise for health reasons, manufacturers increase their prices too....Tobacco companies are recession - busters for many many more years to come.......
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/...-recession
The rate at which people are quitting smoking has slowed down at the same time as economic worries have increased...
People who quit are relapsing back to previous smoking behaviour, as the recession puts them under a lot of stress........
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/...29127.html
Cigarette consumption has been levelling off and on the decline in recent years in many developed countries in western Europe and North America, according to WHO. But the epidemic is now shifting to developing nations and global smoking prevalence is expected to increase at a steady rate over the next three decades.
http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/ar...9/fulltext
This upward trend in Singapore may seem surprising given that, until recently, tobacco consumption had been steadily falling. It suggests that current anti-tobacco strategies including increased tobacco taxes and public education campaigns are inadequate and are largely ineffective at preventing young people from taking up smoking. Furthermore, it suggests that tobacco companies have been successful in targeting young Singaporeans in particular.
http://www.tobaccofreesingapore.info/201...-urgently/
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