EGYPT PROTESTS BRING SHORT-TERM DISRUPTION AND LONG-TERM UNCERTAINTY TO LOCAL TOBACCO SECTOR
March 1st, 2011
BY PAUL COCHRANE
Egypt protests bring disruption and uncertainty to tobacco sector
The Egyptian revolution has left the tobacco sector guessing about its future in Egypt. Will the new government rein in planned smoking restrictions? Protests disrupted tobacco manufacturing in Egypt, but the sector has recovered.
EGYPT'S 13 million smokers did not have to cut back on their habit during the recent protests and ousting of President Hosni Mubarak - indeed some might have been prompted to smoke more - but with factories closed and distribution networks down, ...
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