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Your mates vape. Your boss quit smoking. You promised to quit in 2019. But how will Big Tobacco give it up?

Charlie Clark Silver badge

New markets

With smoking declining in the West (down to around 14 % in America) the tobacco companies have for years being looking for new addicts in Asia and Africa. Recently, however, the Chinese, alarmed by the problems associated with long term smoking, has started clamping down, so this probably means an even stronger push into Africa.

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