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Eastern Company has raised the prices of Cleopatra cigarettes<\/strong> by EGP 0.25-1.50 per pack, blaming FX pressure of the move, Al Masry Al Youm<\/a> reported. Eastern had promised last month to not raise the price of its lowest-cost product category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eastern Company has raised the prices of Cleopatra cigarettes by EGP 0.25-1.50 per pack, blaming FX pressure of the move, Al Masry Al Youm reported. 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