Financial Tribune - No cigarettes were imported into Iran during the first half of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22) while 1.42 billion cigarettes were imported during last year's corresponding period, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade reported. The decision to halt import does not mean no foreign cigarettes entered Iran, as ...

Iran has launched a major campaign to stem the flow of contraband cigarettes which account for 25% of imported smokes, a senior official says. The Central Task Force to Combat Smuggling of Commodities and Currency has started the comprehensive campaign to check the smuggling of 20 brands at Iranian borders up to distribution on store counters, its ...

The sidewalks in Tehran are always strewn with cigarette butts. When scarce downpours hit, they are washed into nearby gutters but it takes no time before the pavements become littered with another stubbed-out stock. Iranians puff on 65 billion sticks of cigarette a year, leaving families with a bill of more than $200 million in medical expenses....

Tehran, Jan 17, IRNA Mohamamd Reza Masjedi, Secretary General of Anti-Drug Association said annually 1200 trailers of cigarettes are smuggled in the country, adding that smoking has increased to over 66 billion cigarettes. Speaking at the annual session of the Association which was held in the presence of Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi ...