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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
2Firsts (NGP)
Timothy Donahue
Dr. Allen Liao (China)
Thulani Mpofu (Africa)
Stefanie Rossel
Art Director
Somjet Thitasomboon
Translations
TobaccoChina Online
Administrative Assistant
Aek Jekaram
Subscriptions/Office Assistant
Malisa Kongkatitum
malisa@tobaccoasia.com
Sales Director
Emerson Leonard
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Director, October Inter Co Ltd
Boonthin Tubsongkroh
Editorial/Circulation
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12 Q&A: JTI's Global Leaf
Operations
FRONT FEATURES
20 Tariffs, Tobacco, and
Supply Chain Shifts
24 Vape in Southeast Asia:
A Patchwork of Policies
PRODUCT FEATURES
34
Studies Back HTP
Reduced-Risk Claims
38
Indonesia's Premium
Cigar Renaissance
44 Nicotine Pouches at a
Crossroads
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
52 Synergy in Tobacco
Security Feature Production
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURE
62 Gas Curing Not Preferred
in Developing Nations
66
Malawi Crop Diversification:
A Bumpy Road
CLOSING FEATURES
74
AI Adoption in China's
Tobacco Industry
78 Inside China's Changing
Tobacco Market
80 BOBST at TOPAC 2025
Features
Departments
8 From the Editor
16 Front Page News
30 Product News
48 Manufacturing News
58 Leaf News
70 Closing News
82 Events
82 Advertisers Index
On the Cover…
Nicotine Pouches at a
Crossroads
Tobacco Asia Issue 4, 2025 (July / August)
The Renaissance of Indonesia's
Premium Cigar Industry
The almost comical way in which the ChatGPT AI
tool interpreted flue curing with wood fuel in India.
Credit: Thomas Schmid; generated with ChatGPT.
