"… overnment privatized national tobacco production. BAT eventually purchased Cigarrera La Moderna and Philip Morris increased its shares in Slim´s Cigatam. …"

"… e disputed by the industry, which continued to deny the link. …"

"… e remains a major player in the industry. His longtime tobacco company was Cigarros La Tabacalera Mexicana, and he holds a particular fondness for the Mexi …"

"… rettes trade is no mean feat.Our story today, "Canada’s Boom in Smuggled Cigarettes," took months to detail how Indian factories and organized crime cont …"

"… s the $5 billion CeeJay Group, the largest bidi maker in India’s western Maharashtra state. The company also has interest in pharmaceuticals and financial serv …"

"… political juice intact.“He is powerful and legislators in his home state Maharashtra owe blind allegiance to him,” said a federal legislator who is close to …"

"… s an estimated 50,000 women across eight states.On paper, for example, the Maharashtra state government has only 19 registered bidi companies but industry analys …"

"… product’s great cost to Indian society.Praful Patel –the bidi boss in Maharashtra state – once promoted bidi as the best employment option for women."If t …"

"… “Sampoerna.” In Malay the word means “perfect.”Don’t Talk About CigarettesTulus Abadi, coordinator of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation, which …"

"… �The government should finance this research,” the protestor shouted. “Cigarettes are proven to have the potential to cure diseases.”The Indonesian A …"

"… he way, with huge numbers failing to arrive at their intended destination. Cigarettes, for example, may sit for weeks in free trade zones in Panama or Duba …"

"… ong our findings:• Terrorism and Tobacco: Extremists, Insurgents Turn to Cigarette Smuggling. Terrorists are increasingly turning to Cigarette smuggling …"

"… A Massive Underground Industry Makes China the World Leader in Counterfeit Cigarettes. China now produces an unprecedented 400 billion counterfeit Cigarett …"

"… ent black market, law enforcement officials say.• Ukraine’s “Lost” Cigarettes Flood Europe: Big Tobacco’s Overproduction Feeds $2 Billion Black M …"

"… e-third of the world’s tobacco: an overwhelming 2.2 trillion Cigarettes. Cigarette-related mortality levels, too, are equally staggering, with fully one- …"

"… counterfeiters have invited retired workers from the state-owned Shanghai Cigarette Factory — home to some of China’s top brands — to tour Yunxiao f …"