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CONTENTS
Tobacco Asia Issue 5, 2018 (December 2018 / January 2019)
Publisher/Founding Editor
Glenn Anthony John
gaj@octobermultimedia.com
Associate Editor
Nattira Medvedeva
nam@octobermultimedia.com
Contributing Editor
Thomas Schmid
thomas@tobaccoasia.com
Correspondents
Allen Liao (China)
Eric Piras (Cigars)
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
Editorial Assistant
Andrey Medvedev
andrey@tobaccoasia.com
Translations
Liao Tian Liang
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
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Editorial/Circulation
Offices Tobacco Asia
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FRONT FEATURES
14 COP8: Transparency and
Open Dialogue Absent
PRODUCT FEATURES
26 Innovative Offline Choices:
"Experience" Stores
28 Foreign HNB Products:
Running Afoul of China's
Tobacco Monopoly
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
36 Something to Spare
40 ITSA: Some Beef
with TPD2
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
50 German and French
Tobacco Growers in Crisis?
56 Independent Leaf Dealers:
From HK to Zimbabwe
60 "Diversification" is Key at
Tobacco Growers Conference
CLOSING FEATURE
66 InterTabac 2018: Continuing
40 Years of Success
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
10 Front Page News
20 Product News
32 Manufacturing News
46 Leaf News
62 Closing News
68 Patents
69 Events
69 Advertisers' Index
COVER: Sun-curing of Indian oriental crop
Photo: [Courtesy of Prestige Leaf - see story
on page 56 and advertisement on page 16]
