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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
edl@octobermultimedia.com
Director, October Inter Co Ltd
Boonthin Tubsongkroh
Editorial/Circulation
Offices Tobacco Asia
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12 Q&A: Evolute
®
, the
Sustainable Filter
FRONT FEATURES
18 Excise Taxes and the
Illicit Tobacco Surge
22 WHO Pushes Global
"Sin" Taxes
PRODUCT FEATURES
32
The Next Wave of Heated
Tobacco Innovation
40 Flavor Fight: Broadening
Premium Cigar Definition
44 A Regulatory Journey of
Modern Oral Across Asia
MANUFACTURING FEATURES
52 Disposable Vape Ban
Reshapes UK Industry
58
Tobacco Paper Power
Shift
62 China Advances Green
Factory Transformation
LEAF TOBACCO FEATURE
70 ITC and GPIL: Two
Tobacco Titans of India
CLOSING FEATURES
80
China's 'Dual Half'
Cigarette Challenge
82 Dom Rep Leads Global
Premium Cigar Trade
86 Podcast Update: "Tobacco
Asia News and Views"
Features
Departments
8 From the Editor
14 Front Page News
28 Product News
48 Manufacturing News
66 Leaf News
76 Closing News
90 Events
90 Advertisers Index
On the Cover…
Two Tobacco Titans of India
Tobacco Asia Issue 5, 2025 (September / October)
Dual and Multi-Section Heating
Signal Future of HTP Innovation
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