World-Class Track and Trace from Propix
Meticulous track-and-trace throughout the supply chain has become a task that’s impossible to achieve without the right equipment. Tobacco Asia talked to the leading system developer in India.
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Domestic Cigars See Growth in Post-Covid China
Since the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic began, preventing its spread became the most urgent task all over the world. Many countries took various measures leading to an unprecedented crisis for many industries, including the cigar industry. Read more
Moving Forward: Developments in Zimbabwe’s Tobacco Industry
Masimba Maimba graduated with a degree in agribusiness from Solusi University in southwestern Zimbabwe in 2008 and like thousands of other locals, he failed to secure a formal job. Read more
A Real Up and Comer: Synthetic Nicotine
Emerging almost out of nowhere, synthetic nicotine is starting to give “natural” nicotine some serious competition. But that doesn’t mean that tobacco-derived nicotine is going the way of the dodo anytime soon. Read more
Illicit Tobacco Trade Continues Thriving Under Covid-19
The Covid-19 crisis somewhat stifled the illegal trade in cigarettes initially, but didn’t snuff it out. Far from it. Things are just as bad as ever, according to research by BAT and JTI. Read more
Glenn Anthony John: 25 Years of Tobacco Asia
This issue marks the silver jubilee of Tobacco Asia. Our contributing editor Thomas Schmid (TS) interviewed publisher Glenn Anthony John (GAJ) for a little retrospective. Read more
Smokeless Alternatives on the Upswing
Oral products such as snus and nicotine pouches may still trail behind combustibles in terms of consumer popularity, but something is moving in the arena as people begin looking for smoking alternatives. Read more
KT&G: The Quest for Being Number 4
Tobacco Asia has talked to KT&G Corporation about its aspiration to become the world’s fourth-largest tobacco company by 2025 and how it plans to achieve that lofty goal. Read more
ITGA: Discussing the New Industry Realities
The 35th International Tobacco Growers' Association Annual General Meeting, held in an online environment for the first time in history, provided a timely opportunity to discuss the pressing issues the industry is currently facing. Read more
Indonesia: The Big JEMBERee
Jember in eastern Java is one of Indonesia’s busiest tobacco-growing regions. Tobacco Asia talked to two major local merchants. Read more