Study on local tobacco cultivation underway to be completed by mid-May

A comprehensive study of tobacco cultivation in Egypt will be ready by mid-May, Chemical Industries Holding Company chairman Yasser El Naggar says, Ahram Gate reports. Cultivation in Wadi Al Natrun is being considered. On smuggled cigarettes, El Naggar says they represent 3% of all cigarettes consumed locally, down from 12% in 2011. Philip Morris International-Egypt had put the current number at 12%, we had noted.