Tobacco

Rising taxation and expanding illicit trade, with smokers increasingly switching to cheaper illicit brands due to the rise in cigarette unit prices, and growing health awareness concerns, are driving the decline in cigarette sales. This trend is ...

The retail sales value of tobacco saw an increase in 2018, with the implementation of a 10% increase in excise tax, which lead to higher unit prices for all tobacco products. Volume sales, however, continued to decline, as the government continued to...

Cigarette consumption in Lithuania continued to drop in 2018 due to growing excise tax and consumer migration to heated tobacco products. Cigarette-smoking prevalence is set to keep falling in the forecast period with the government continuing its ...

Retail volume sales of cigarettes continued to fall during 2018, mainly due to the increase in specific tax on tobacco and consequent rise in prices for consumers. In response, Peruvian smokers have increased consumption of cheaper and illegal ...

Retail volume sales of cigarettes in Romania continued to decline in 2018, with the category’s ongoing contraction, however, remaining slow. Commentators believe this is down to efforts taken to curb smoking prevalence having reached something of a ...

Cigarettes and pipe tobacco continued to record declines in retail volume sales in 2018, with this downward trajectory having begun before the start of the review period. Cigarettes continued to be affected by a number of factors, but particularly ...

Tobacco recorded marginal retail value growth in 2018, largely due to ongoing tax hikes across all categories. Cigarettes, by far the largest category within tobacco, again witnessed substantial retail volume declines as smoking prevalence continued ...

All tobacco categories were impacted after the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). However, cigarettes were affected the most. Before GST, cigarettes were taxed at a 28.7% cumulative average. However, under the new tax regime, ...

Rising taxation and anti-smoking provisions have put pressure on smoking prevalence in Eastern Europe. The increase in illicit trade, due to significant price differences between countries, and the expansion of vapour and heated products in key ...

In the latest in an ongoing series of quarterly briefings looking at major (and some minor) developments in the world of tobacco, we assess the latest performance of the major multinationals, important cannabis and NPD/NGP updates, the reviewed ...

In 2018, the tobacco industry in North Macedonia faced many challenges, with the greatest being posed by ongoing strong rises in tobacco excise tax. Cigarettes, being by far the biggest category, continues to be subject to the highest tax rates, ...

Although Qatar faces an ongoing regional diplomatic crisis involving other GCC countries, including trade embargos, its economy nonetheless saw stable growth in 2018 with it establishing trade links with Iran and Turkey. The government has stepped up...

Smoking is still clearly losing popularity in Canada as a result of education and health awareness among consumers and stricter regulations and economic deterrents such as tax hikes imposed by both federal and provincial governments. Younger ...

The Saudi Government is working to reduce tobacco usage through legislation and taxation, as well as moves such as the introduction of treatment services like anti-smoking clinics run by trained medical staff, which aim to help people quit smoking as...

Although cigarettes posted small volume growth in 2018, the category is set to return to decline over the forecast period, as smoking prevalence continues to fall. Health concerns and very high prices caused by strong excise increases are forcing ...

Retail volume sales of cigarettes returned to growth in 2018 after a decline the previous year, which had been the result of higher unit prices, leading to a surge in illicit trade. However, there was a notable switch towards economy and mid-price ...

Tobacco recorded positive current value growth in 2018, supported by an improved performance by the largest category of cigarettes. The unit price of cigarettes remained fairly stable after a rise in 2017, leading to declining retail volume sales, in...

Tax increases on tobacco products to increase revenues to the state budget and limit the number of smokers raised prices, resulting in volume decline in 2018. The January 2018 ban on smoking in public places was also introduced to reduce smoking ...

Overall tobacco consumption in Uruguay continued to decline in 2018. This was mainly due to falling demand for cigarettes, the dominant product type. The declining trend was sustained by aggressive anti-smoking measures, with the country’s tobacco ...

The national economy continued to perform strongly in 2018, with one of the highest real GDP growth rates in the region and inflation well below the Central Bank’s annual target range. These conditions favour discretionary spending on products like ...