Cigarette production up 9.5% in Armenia

Armenia saw an increase in tobacco production in the first seven months of 2019, the latest official statistics show.

The country produced a total of 17 million 69.5 thousand units of cigarettes from January to July, up by 9.5% from the same months of 2018, when the output stood at 15 million 582.4 thousand units, the Statistical Committee of Armenia revealed.

As a result of the growth, the cigarette production share in Armenia’s process industry made up 14.4% in the reporting period. 

According to statistics, more than 50% of Armenian men and almost 4% of women above 16 years of age are smokers.