However, far too many young people are still using a variety of harmful tobacco and nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes and vapes, that facilitate initiation of tobacco use. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has said CVS Healths effort has contributed to a national youth smoking rate of 8%, which is the lowest in U.S
Methods and data This paper evaluates financial trends, including historical sales volumes, revenue, gross profit and price-to-earnings trends, for nine tobacco companies, for their respective financial years (FY) 20082023 (ie, n=16)
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Nevertheless, this industry sector retains considerable economic weight, generating value from local tobacco and cloves and employing about 5.98 million workers across manufacturing, distribution and plantations (Kementerian Perindustrian, 2019)