Paper manufacturers have learned to cope with the pressure brought about by slumping global cigarette consumption and the simultaneous rise of paperless next-generation products. Since 2013, worldwide sales of combustible cigarettes have decreased every year, with consumption standing at 5.06 trillion cigarettes in 2020, down 3.7 percent from 2019, according to Euromonitor. In 2019, the combustible cigarette category accounted for an estimated 95 percent of the global tobacco market, down from 94 percent one year previously.
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