According to news on October 7, according to foreign news reports, data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance of South Korea stated that the sales of flavored tobacco products have increased significantly.
Although the total domestic sales of tobacco products dropped from 4.4 billion packs in 2011 to 3.59 billion packs last year, the sales volume of flavored tobacco products increased from 260 million packs to 1.38 billion packs during the same period, an increase of more than five times.
As a result, the share of flavored tobacco products in total tobacco sales rose from 38.5% last year and 5.8% in 2011 to 40.3% in June 2021.
Among flavored tobacco products, the sales volume of capsule cigarettes soared to 1.09 billion packs last year, which was more than 15 times higher than the 70 million packs in 2011, and its share of total tobacco sales increased from 1.7% in June 2021 to June 2021. The percentage of 32.4% in 2011.
The sales of e-cigarettes also jumped from 80 million packs in 2017 to 380 million packs last year, and the sales of flavored e-cigarettes soared from 50 million packs to 310 million packs.