Market Report, "Tobacco in Russia", Published
Despite the high smoking prevalence in Russia, cigarettes continued to decline in volume terms. The smoking prevention campaign by the government, increasing taxation and unit prices, growing health awareness and changing attitudes towards smoking all supported the decline in 2013. With the ban on unfiltered/high tar cigarettes, more consumers turned to mid tar cigarettes. However, in line with health consciousness trends, the low tar cigarettes had the best performance in 2013.
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