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In early March, Japan Tobacco announced it would acquire the non-U.S. tobacco business of RJR Nabisco in a US$8 billion deal. RJR Nabisco at the same time announced it would also spin-off its tobacco business in the U.S., effectively forming three separate companies.Industry personnel expressed surprise at the deal. m7.gif (922 bytes)

China: Why the Crackdown on Smuggling is Working This Time
China is the largest cigarette producer in the world, with annual production reaching 33.5 million cases (one case = 50,000 cigarettes). Sales of smuggled foreign cigarettes through street vendors are falling, and sales through legal counters are rising due to China's anti-smuggling drive which began last July. m7.gif (922 bytes)

America's New Controversial Export: Tobacco Lawsuits
Give an inch, take a yard. The old cliché applies to the opponents of America's tobacco business. In November 1998, in what is known as the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), the four largest cigarette manufacturers - Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard - reached agreement with eight American participating State Attorneys General to pay a total of $206.3 billion over 26 years to settle all 40 Medicaid suits that had been filed, as well as cases that had yet to be filed. m7.gif (922 bytes)

Focus on Vietnam: Selling the "Made in Vietnam" Label
One cigarette market is legitimate; the other one, well . . . It is one thing for a few cartons of cigarettes to enter Vietnam on the back of a motor scooter. But, how does one explain an estimated 200 million packets of contraband coming in every year? Lots of motorcycles?   m7.gif (922 bytes)


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Editor & Publisher - Glenn A. John
Editorial/Circulation Asst. - Lacksamee Assavatevanan
Associate Editor - Simon J. Hand
Art Director - Kanda Charanawat
Contributing Writers - Jonathan Bell/Christopher   Bickers/Turville Kille/Allen Liao/Martin Riordan
Translations - Tran Tan Kiet/Liao Tianliang/Koonwadee Tuanon
Illustrations - Euttalert Sripiwpak
Cover Photography - Willie Nash
Production Assistan - Greeda Boondee


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