Smoking is known to constrict blood vessels, raise blood pressure, and lead to heart disease
In addition, use of other forms of smoking tobacco which are also very dangerous, such as cigars and hookahs, are not declining
With water, land and skillset aplenty in the continent, the company is plugging gaps to create an African identity around cigars
PMI is the sole funder of the supposedly independent Global Action to End Smoking (formerly FSFW), which evidence suggests is merely a front group for the tobacco industry and which appears to promote PMI-funded pseudo-science
In 2023, around 1.9 billion cigarettes were consumed in Latvia, 2.47 billion in Lithuania and 1.29 billion in Estonia, KMPG said in a recent report