Johannesburg — IT takes someone who is either brave or stupid to enter SA's tobacco
industry and face onerous legislation, not to mention a near-monopolistic
competitor.
But Philip Morris, owner of the world's Number one cigarette brand,
Marlboro, recently set up shop here and expects to increase its share of the
23 billion cigarettes consumed every year by the 5 million smokers in
SA.
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