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From leaf to factory

Our Group purchases approximately 390,000 tonnes of tobacco leaf a year, around 80 per cent of it by volume from farmers and suppliers in emerging economies. We aim to ensure that we only purchase leaf from responsible and sustainable sources. Our Group companies produce some 715 billion cigarettes through 49 cigarette factories in 41 countries. Four of these plus two separate plants also make cigarillos, roll your own and pipe tobacco. We also have a factory making smokeless snus.

Watch the video to find out more about our Operations from growing the leaf through to the manufacture of cigarettes.

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