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Inside the June 2007 Issue...
TABEXPO
Congress preview
A look at the topics
PASSPORT
Hubble bubble babble
Health activists’ recent denunciations of water pipe smoking make
cigarettes almost look healthy by comparison.
Fading opportunity
Will Turkey’s former tobacco monopoly ever be privatized?
African dawn
For many years, the
Dark Continent barely registered on international investors’ radar
screens. That is now changing.
PROFILE
Up the value chain
Golden Leaf Africa says it has developed a business model that allows
tobacco farmers to earn more without increasing manufacturer prices.
Additional muscle
JTI’s purchase of Gallaher is making a strong company even stronger.
TECHNOLOGY
Tried and tested
G.D’s 121P cigarette maker appears to be living up to the expectations
raised during its 2003 introduction at TABEXPO Barcelona.
Clean machines
Tobacco companies are pursuing ever-more sanitary conditions in
their factories.
FEATURE
Fever for flavor
Demand for more exotic flavors in smokeless tobacco products is on the
rise.
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