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In 2014, the Tobacco Atlas recorded the consumption of 5.8 trillion cigarettes worldwide. China was the largest consumer, with 2.6 trillion cigarettes. Russia was second, followed by the United States, with Indonesia in fourth place.
Over the past decade, the cigarette market has aggressively expanded into developing countries and even low-income countries in Africa. Despite governments' intensive efforts in banning and warning about the dangers of smoking, and implementing smoking restrictions, they have been unable to significantly reduce the number of smokers worldwide. In March 2016, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) recorded cigarettes as one of the commodities contributing to the rise in the poverty line in Indonesia.
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