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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
ths@octobermultimedia.com
Correspondents
Josh Doyle (Asia)
Allen Liao (China)
Dr. Iqbal Lambat (Global)
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
Translations
Tobaccochina Online
Office Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Administration
Malisa Kongkatitum
malisa@tobaccoasia.com
Editorial/Circulation
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10 Q&A: TTI's George
Cassels-Smith
FRONT FEATURES
18 South Africa Lifts Sales Ban;
Cigs Market in Disarray
22 Europe's Tobacco Firms
Irked by TPD2
PRODUCT FEATURES
30 An Update on
Indonesia's Kretek
32
New Flavor Trends in
Shisha Tobacco
36 China's Influencer Marketing
and the Tobacco Industry
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
40 Cigarette OEM: Extra
Revenue Never Hurts
46 DTE's New DIET Plan: More
Capacity and Opportunities
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURES
52 China Tobacco's Flooding
Disaster Relief Efforts
56 2020's Challenges for
Global Farmers
CLOSING FEATURE
62 What Was To Be:
InterTabac/InterSupply 2020
Features
Departments
6 From the Editor
14 Front Page News
26 Product News
38 Manufacturing News
48 Leaf News
58 Closing News
72 Events
74 Patents
75 Advertisers Index
Cover features a pyramid of kretek,
the alluring national tobacco product
of Indonesia.
Tobacco Asia Issue 4, 2020 (September / October)
