TOBACCO TRAVELLER – COLLECTION 2009 – SOUTH AFRICA
November 1st, 2009
BY BILL CORCORAN
SOUTH Africa's legal cigarette market has witnessed small annual increases in sales over the past few years, following a decade-long downturn.
Cigarette consumption for 2008 has been estimated at nearly 25 billion sticks compared to 23.6 billion in 2006. However, in 1996 consumption was about 30% higher at 34 billion sticks, with the subsequent decrease in sales primarily attributed to a booming illegal cigarette trade.
The equivalent of 4.5 billion sticks of pipe tobacco products were also sold in 2008, and the South Africa cigarette ...
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