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| − | The tobacco industry is one of the most profitable and deadly industries in the world with the global cigarette business valued at USD 559.9 billion. <ref> Euromonitor International [database on the Internet]. Cigarettes: Global. Euromonitor International. c 2010 [cited
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| − | 2010 June 25] </ref> The World Health Organization estimates that the tobacco epidemic could kill one billion people during the 21st century, with the majority of those deaths occurring in developing countries. <ref> World Health Organization,[http://www.who.int/tobacco/mpower/mpower_report_full_2008.pdf WHO Report on the global tobacco epidemic]2008, Accessed September 2018 </ref> The international tobacco market is dominated by five major transnational tobacco companies, which sell their lethal products in markets around the world: [[British American Tobacco]],[[Imperial Brands|Imperial Tobacco]], [[Japan Tobacco International]], and [[Philip Morris International]].
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