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Iran has 12 million smokers: official 

Jump to full article: PRESS TV (ir), 2009-10-26

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The head of Iran's Tobacco Company says there are 12 million cigarette smokers across the country bringing tobacco turnover to $3 billion.

“Iranians' consumption of cigarettes has been recorded as 61.2 billion cigarettes per year. The numbers shows a 1.2 percent increase compared to the figures of last year,” Mahmoud Abtahi told Mehr News Agency.

Iran's Tobacco Company's latest figure shows tobacco turnover reached 3 billion dollars.

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