Recently published research from ERC, "World Cigarettes United Kingdom", is now available at Fast Market Research

Boston, MA -- (SBWire) -- 09/18/2014 --World Cigarettes United Kingdom focuses on the extent to which the market has evolved during the last twelve years in line with changing smoking habits in United Kingdom, the competitive environment and economic developments. The end result is an accurate and objective interpretation of market trends (since 1990) and directions, assessing underlying currents of change and projecting the market scenarios of the future, providing forecasts to 2022.

Key Findings:

As in neighbouring Ireland, high cigarette prices have led to a significant fall in duty paid consumption and an accompanying rise in illicit supplies and roll your own usage (both duty paid and illicit). High retail prices have also impacted on the premium sector whose share is down to 19.3%; low priced cigarettes now account for 76.6% of overall sales. This is reflected in brand shares with the leading four brands - Mayfair, Sterling, Lambert & Butler and Richmond - all being value brands.

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Some 8.2 billion pieces are expected to be lost from the duty paid sector by 2022 bringing consumption down to 32.3 billion pieces, equivalent to 487 pieces per head.

Companies Mentioned in this Report: Imperial Tobacco Ltd, Gallaher Group Ltd, BAT (UK) Limited

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