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Wang misses the days in the 1990s when cigarette counterfeiting boosted the economy of his home, Yunxiao county, a mountainous backwater in Fujian province

Analysts are expecting a mid to high single digit growth rate in volumes for cigarettes, and a double digit growth in revenues, provided the tax regime remains moderate

The researchers say this is most likely because e-cigarettes were more effective in reducing the use of conventional cigarettes

Regulation needs to go further, its time to put health warnings on the cigarette sticks as well and make cigarettes as unappealing as the packs theyre sold in. Standardised packaging laws shut down one of the last remaining forms of advertising available to the tobacco industry and is a key strategy recommended by the World Health Organization to protect smokers from misleading packaging