The main producers of cigarettes are the USA, China and the UK. The largest number of tobacco-dependent consumers who seek for cheap cigarettes online live in China, Yemen, Cambodia, Djibouti.
The distribution of the market between the companies: CNTC (China) 33.7%, Altria (USA) 17.6%, BAT (British American Tobacco) (USA) 15.1%, Imperial Tobacco (United Kingdom) 3.6% and other companies 30%.
The tobacco industry usually attracts a significant portion of foreign investment. The average salary of employees of a tobacco company doubles the salary of employees of other enterprises.

Which countries smoke more?

1) Kiribati
In this island state, there is the highest proportion of smokers in the world: almost 66% of the male population and more than 34% of the female population here smoke.
The population of Kiribati, located on an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, is only 103 thousand people. The authorities of the country practically do not control the tobacco industry, and duties on tobacco products are very low. Here, tobacco consumers do not need to search for cheap cigarettes online.
2) Montenegro
In Montenegro, the highest percentage of smokers in Europe is 46%.
633 thousand people live in this Balkan country, and on average each adult smokes more than 4,120 cigarettes annually.
And despite the fact that officially smoking in public places is prohibited here, people continue to freely smoke in offices, restaurants, bars, and even in public transport.
3) Greece
In Greece, more than half of the entire male population of the country and 35% of the female smoke regularly.

Despite the fact that in 2008, a ban on smoking in public places was imposed in Greece, many still smoke wherever they want.
Greece also has a very high percentage of illegal sales of cigarette products: according to the international marketing company Euro-monitor International, the Greek state treasury by 2019 will lose up to 1 billion Euros annually in the form of unpaid fees.