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CONTENTS
Tobacco Asia Issue 1, 2018 (March / April 2018)
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
snt@octobermultimedia.com
Editorial Assistant
Andrey Medvedev
andrey@tobaccoasia.com
Translations
Liao Tian Liang
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
subscribe@octobermultimedia.com
Editorial/Circulation
Offices Tobacco Asia
c/o October Inter Co. Ltd.
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399 Sukhumvit Road
Bangkok, 10110, Thailand
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info@tobaccoasia.com
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FRONT FEATURES
14 A Look Back at 2017
PRODUCT FEATURES
20 Tougher Regulations
Change Philippines
24 Catching Up with
Pacific Cigar Co.
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
34 The Moisture Hunters
38 Thailand Tobacco
Monopoly: Moves On
44 Schweitzer-Mauduit
Chinese Recon JV
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
50 India: A One-Stop
Destination for Tobacco
56 DIET and Recon to
the Fore!
CLOSING FEATURE
60 China's New Retail
and Cigarette Marketing
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
10 Front Page News
16 Product News
30 Manufacturing News
48 Leaf News
54 Closing News
65 Events
65 Advertisers' Index
COVER: Close-up of cigarettes in a
maker.
