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CONTENTS
Tobacco Asia Issue 5, 2017 (December 2017 / January 2018)
Publisher/Founding Editor
Glenn Anthony John
gaj@octobermultimedia.com
Associate Editor
Nattira Medvedeva
nam@octobermultimedia.com
Contributing Editor
Thomas Schmid
thomas@tobaccoasia.com
Assistant Editor
Andrey Medvedev
avm@octobermultimedia.com
Correspondents
Chris Bickers (US Leaf)
Allen Liao (China)
Eric Piras (Cigars)
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
snt@octobermultimedia.com
Translations
Liao Tian Liang
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
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Editorial/Circulation
Offices Tobacco Asia
c/o October Inter Co. Ltd.
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Room 3225, 32nd Fl.
399 Sukhumvit Road
Bangkok, 10110, Thailand
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FRONT FEATURES
14 A Smoke-Free Future in
the Making?
24
China: The Emerging
Millennial Market
PRODUCT FEATURES
32 Cigarettes in GCC
36 China Transforms from
Distribution to Services
40 Exhibitions: Smoking
Collection Tokyo
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
46 Flavor Me This, Flavor
Me That
54 Packaging and Design:
Ahead of the Curve
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
58 Polish Tobacco
Deserves Another Look
64 ITGA Demands Grower/
Tobacco Control Dialog
CLOSING FEATURE
70 Exhibitions: InterTabac/
InterSupply Outperform
72 Product/Packaging:
Middle East/Africa
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
10 Front Page News
28 Product News
42 Manufacturing News
56 Leaf News
68 Closing News
76 Patents
77 Events
77 Advertisers' Index
COVER: Hookah/
shisha is quite
popular throughout
the Middle East,
including Dubai
where Tobacco
Asia exhibits at WT
Dubai Middle East
(Dec. 5-6). Hookah/shisha also sells out
entirely Hall 8 of the annual InterTabac's
total 9 sold-out exhibition halls. Book
InterTabac 2018 (Sept 21-23) now as
this popular show goes to waiting list only
by March every year. Hookah/shisha is
also a big part of the annual Tobacco
Products Expo (Jan 31-Feb. 1, Las
Vegas) where Tobacco Asia exhibits for
the first time.
