Armenia saw a strong growth in tobacco production in the first eleven months of 2018, the latest official statistics show.
The country produced a total of 27,686,900 units of cigarettes from January to November last year, up by 11.3% from the same period of 2017, when the output stood at 24,867,500 units, Panorama.am learnt from the Statistical Committee of Armenia.
The cigarette production share in process manufacturing now makes up 15.1% in Armenia due to the registered growth.
According to statistics, more than 50% of Armenian men and almost 4% of women above 16 years of age are smokers.