4 tobaccoasia / Issue 3, 2019 July / August
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CONTENTS
Publisher/Founding Editor
Glenn Anthony John
gaj@octobermultimedia.com
Associate Editor
Nattira Medvedeva
nam@octobermultimedia.com
Contributing Editor
Thomas Schmid
thomas@tobaccoasia.com
Correspondents
Josh Doyle (Korea)
Allen Liao (China)
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
Translations
Liao Tian Liang
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
malisa@tobaccoasia.com
Editorial/Circulation
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10 The TA Q&A: IUOC's Fox
Guo and Jackie Zhuang
FRONT FEATURES
18 KT&G's Impact
Domestically and Globally
PRODUCT FEATURES
26 The Pod Mod Revolution:
Back To Basics With a Bang
30 Proudly Independent
Cigarette Manufacturers
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
40 As Special As It Gets
44 Anti-Counterfeiting and
Anti-Smuggling in China
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
50 When Recon Marries
HNB
54 ITGA Leaf Overview
April and May 2019
CLOSING FEATURE
62 InterTabac/InterSupply 2019:
Exhibitors from China
66 China Restricts Online
Tobacco Advertising
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
12 Front Page News
22 Product News
36 Manufacturing News
48 Leaf News
58 Closing News
68 Patents
69 Events
69 Advertisers Index
Tobacco Asia Issue 3, 2019 (July / August 2019)