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In China, the worlds top cigarette consuming country, 2.5 trillion cigarettes are produced each year using millions of tonnes of water and thousands of square miles of arable land
As a result, China represented close to half of all cigarettes sold worldwide in 2023, up from about a third of sales two decades ago
For large companies with low-volume, niche products that require specialized production, the benefit is the same. Eric Miller, chief executive officer for Brooklyn Bottling Co., Milton, N.Y., notes that startup companies and newly successful companies often require a flexible co-packer to manage custom requirements
"What we saw was all that business went to New Hampshire, all that business went to Rhode Island." "This isn't like that, this only affects the next generation who aren't heavy users of these products," said Gottlieb