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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | Chapter 31 Tobacco exports, imports and smuggling |
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| | American trade negotiators opened up markets in the Far East for US brands in the |
| | late 1980's. Along with market access, they also demanded exemptions from local |
| | tobacco advertising bans that had long been in force. |
| | American Medical News, November 16, 1990, p. 15 |
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| | Marlboro is sold in 170 countries, and in 1993 was the only foreign cigarette |
| | manufactured and sold in the Soviet Union, where 418 billion cigarettes are |
| | consumed each year. |
| | Social Science and Medicine 38:113, 1993 |
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| | American tobacco companies sell $17 billion worth of cigarettes a year domestically, |
| | but $26 billion overseas. |
| | 60 Minutes, August 18, 1996 |
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| | 1995 Philip Morris sales in the European Union were $11.4 billion. |
| | Wall Street Journal, July 1, 1996, p. B1 |
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| | In 1994, 260 billion Marlboros were consumed outside the US market (some of these |
| | were manufactured abroad). In 1995, domestic US cigarette consumption was 490 |
| | billion, and another 230 billion (or $4 billion worth) US made cigarettes were exported, |
| | as contrasted with 585 billion consumed and about 60 billion exported in 1986. |
| | Washington Post National Weekly Edition, November 25 - December 1, 1996, p. 7 |
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