Searching for value

Gavin Lipsith

1-Oct-2006

Aggressive pricing and higher tobacco taxes are contributing to the increasing popularity of value cigarette brands on domestic markets. The trend has yet to have a big impact in duty-free but it may not be long before the industry has to sit up and take notice. Gavin Lipsith reports

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Scanning through the financial reports of the leading tobacco suppliers reveals the emergence of an interesting trend in the past two years. Companies such as Imperial Tobacco, Gallaher, Altadis and

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