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Brazil: Overview  

Brazil is among the top exporters of tobacco in the world providing 465,981 metric tons of tobacco leaf each year to smokers around the world. 27.8% of males and 14% of females are smokers. 96,705 million cigarettes are produced in the country every year. Tobacco companies in the country heavily and successfully target female smokers who comprise 54% of all new smokers.

Brazil ratified the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on November 3, 2005. It is recognized as having among the strongest and most compelling tobacco product labeling standards in the world.

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