The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing regulatory pressure on cigarette waste, rising investments in biodegradable filters, growing demand for premium and modified-risk products, expansion of e-cigarette and alternative smoking formats, increasing innovation in filter material technologies
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Despite the statistics, Health Minister Yaakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) has consistently opposed regulation that would have required cigarette manufacturers to place warning pictures on cigarette packages, saying they are unaesthetic. Litzman has recently come under scrutiny for other policies and statements that seemed to serve the interests of the tobacco companies, including hindering some efforts to curb cigarette ads
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