4 tobaccoasia / Issue 1, 2019 March / April
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CONTENTS
Publisher/Founding Editor
Glenn Anthony John
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Associate Editor
Nattira Medvedeva
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Contributing Editor
Thomas Schmid
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Correspondents
Allen Liao (China)
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
Editorial Assistant
Andrey Medvedev
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Translations
Liao Tian Liang
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
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10 The TA Q&A: GIMA TT's
Stefano Cavallari
FRONT FEATURES
18 Heat Not Burn:
Going Back to Tobacco
PRODUCT FEATURES
26 Smokeless Tobacco:
The Perfect Alternative
32 Thinner, Darker, Curved:
Rolling Paper's Evolution
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
44 Brand Security:
The Future Is Now!
50 Capsule Filters:
What's Next ?
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
54 Innovative Changes
in China's Tobacco Leaf
60 ITGA: Global Leaf
Production and Overview
CLOSING FEATURE
66 The Segmentation of
China's Cigarette Market
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
14 Front Page News
22 Product News
40 Manufacturing News
52 Leaf News
62 Closing News
68 Patents
69 Events
69 Advertisers' Index
Tobacco Asia Issue 1, 2019 (March / April 2019)
Close-up detail of Rolling Optics'
production line
[photos courtesy of Rolling Optics AB]
