GREECE REMAINS EXCELLENT MARKET FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY, BUT PRODUCTION CHALLENGED BY CAP REFORM

BY DAVID HAWORTHGREECE will be one of the last of the last countries in the European Union(EU) to possess any common stigma in cigarette smoking - if it ever will.There is a disdain and defiance of those who, for whatever reasons, disapprove of the habit. In Salonika, for instance, one of the best places to stay in that handsome city is the Tobacco Hotel, a name which would be almost inconceivable in other European countries.In fact the Greeks have the highest per capita cigarette consumption in the EU and that is unlikely to change, for where smoking is ...


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