CHINA CIGARETTE SALES INCH UPWARDS BUT ANTI-SMOKING LOBBY STARTS TO MAKE ITS PRESENCE FELT
July 1st, 2010
BY MARK GODFREY
ANYONE familiar with Beijing's nightlife scene will have noticed a sure rise in the number of women smokers over the past couple of years. An increase in the number of women smokers, from a small base, has encouraged a local cigarette industry facing a public ban on smoking in public places in 2011 as well as rising taxes and an anti-smoking lobby growing in assertiveness.
Female smokers speaking to Tobacco Journal International in Beijing suggest smoking is growing among professional women. Asian brands appear to have more success at tailoring ...
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