Tobacco in Italy: New Research Report Available at Fast Market Research
The declining purchasing power of Italians is the direct consequence of the ongoing economic recession. This, combined with a constant increase in tobacco taxation, has led a high number of Italian smokers, especially those on low incomes, to either kick the habit or acquire their tobacco products through the illicit channel. As a result of the economic recession, illicit trade volume sales of cigarettes continued to increase further in Italy while legal retail volume sales continued to...
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