Cigarettes

The most severe COVID-19 restrictions were seen in the second quarter of 2020, when the Indian government deemed tobacco products to be non-essential. Therefore, the production and sale of cigarettes came to a halt. This decision affected all the…

COVID-19 had no significant impact on demand for cigarettes in Pakistan, with supply remaining largely unaffected by the pandemic, and no major disruptions to distribution in terms of accessibility. However, retail volume sales recorded another year…

In 2020, cigarettes recorded its lowest retail volume decline in well over a decade while also realising growth in current value sales. Low volume declines for cigarettes marks the category’s best performance in years (due to a gradual fall in…

The strong decline in cross-border traffic and home seclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic had a strong positive impact on cigarette sales in 2020, as many cigarette smokers could only purchase cigarettes locally. Due to border closures and…

COVID-19 had a positive impact on sales of cigarettes in Latvia in 2020 due to increased stress and boredom during the pandemic. People also had more time to smoke while staying at home, resulting in slower annual volume decline in the year.…

Since 2015, the Brazilian cigarette market has been plagued by strong and consistent growth of the illegal sector, creating a difficult position for regular brands and offering consumers cheaper products with wide availability. This created an exodus…

Smokers in Australia are already well informed of the dangers posed by smoking cigarettes and this combined with rising taxes and increased controls over public smoking have all helped drive an ongoing decline in smoking prevalence. With strict…

2020 registered a further decrease in volume and current value sales. COVID-19 led to some people giving up smoking altogether due to health concerns and in particular due to the virus’ devastating effect on the lungs. Also, a ban on…

Cigarettes registered a decline in volume sales in 2020, as more people gave up smoking in light of the added respiratory danger caused by COVID-19. Another contribution to the fall in volume sales was the EU regulation over the banning of…

Lockdown measures imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 disrupted the supply chains of cigarettes producers and distributors in Kazakhstan in 2020, resulting in temporary shortages of some brands. At the same time, social opportunities for smoking…

While sales of cigarettes in South Korea had seen continuous declines since 2017 due to the impact of higher tobacco taxes and strong anti-smoking policies in the country, the pandemic caused 2020 to experience unexpected growth. A shift of duty-free…

Retail volume sales of cigarettes in Uzbekistan declined for the tenth consecutive year during 2020. However, COVID-19 did not play a significant role in this. Import taxes on cigarettes are higher than excise rates on local production. However, the…

After four years of decline, cigarettes returned to slow retail volume growth in 2020. This was despite rising prices, which led to dynamic current value growth in this year, and despite the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes from…

In 2020, the illicit trade of cigarettes, following the ban on legitimate sales in 2020, increased to account for over 40% of the category. Even though there was a ban on sales of cigarettes in 2020, sales of cigarettes continued during this time. A…

For the first time since 2015, cigarettes sees positive growth in retail volume terms. With circuit breaker measures kicking in (the government’s efforts to curb community COVID-19 transmission), Singapore residents are asked to work and study from…

Volume and retail value sales of cigarettes were not strongly influenced by COVID-19 in Serbia in 2020 as the category continued declining in volume terms, with the category having been on a downward trajectory for several years. However, the decline…

Volume sales of cigarettes continued on a downward trajectory in 2020, which was in line with an ongoing trend seen over the review period, with more and more smokers looking to quit. Some New Zealanders saw the lockdown as an opportunity to reduce…

Current value sales of cigarettes reached their highest annual growth rate in 2020 in the last decade in Ireland, mainly fuelled by sales of legitimate cigarettes through mainstream retail channels. The travel restrictions enforced in Ireland…

In 2020, cigarette retail volume sales saw only slow decline, with decline diminishing in comparison to the review period CAGR. The total number of smokers has even increased slightly in the year. The COVID-19 pandemic created an extra level of…

Although facing nationwide lockdowns in light of COVID-19, sales of cigarettes still grew in 2020, recovering from the negative impact demonstrated in 2019. Due to the government’s fast reaction to the pandemic, China has managed to contain the…