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2023: How much cigarettes cost around the world

The most expensive cigarettes for September 2023 will cost residents of Australia: $25 for a pack of 20 cigarettes. In Europe, cigarettes are already noticeably cheaper: the most expensive, about $16, a pack will cost residents of Ireland and Britain, and the Spaniards - already only $5.53.

One of the world leaders in the cheapness of cigarettes is Turkey with an average price tag of $1.42 per pack (cheaper only in Vietnam: $1.25). In Russia, cigarettes are also very low: $2.07 per pack.

2020: Global Cigarette Market Leaders

According to Euromonitor International UK, which was released in August 2021, the largest producer of tobacco and tobacco products in 2020 remained China Tobacco Company (CNTC), which accounted for 45.6% of sales (an increase of 1.5 percentage points by 2019). In second place is British American Tobacco with a share of 12.2%, which is 0.4 percentage points less than in 2019.

Philip Morris closed the top three, whose share in the cigarette market at the end of 2020 reached 12.1%, down 1 percentage point on an annualized basis. Japan Tobacco (8.8%) and Imperial Brands (3.7%) follow. The leading five accounted for 82.4% of the market, the volume of which at the end of 2020 decreased by 1.7%.

Share of tobacco products at the end of 2020

Analysts at Grand View Research estimated the global tobacco and tobacco market at $933.11 billion and believe that sales will grow by about 1.8% per year in 2028. Most of the market falls on cigarettes - more than 75% at the end of 2020.

Key trends in the tobacco market are the transition of consumers to alternative smoking devices and an increase in the share of illegal products. The authorities have developed norms for the circulation of electronic devices, but the issue of illegal trade in many countries, including Russia, remains unresolved.

According to WHO, by 2020, the 7.5 billion population Lands accounts for approximately 1 billion smokers. Every year, tobacco users smoke 5.7 billion cigarettes and throw away about 1 million tons of cigarette butts, according to analysts from the American initiative group The Tobacco Atlas. They cite facts that indicate that tons of cigarette butts are harmful not only to the environment, but also to people, because they consist of cellulose acetate, a product that is practically non-decomposable in natural conditions.^[1]

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