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Why are cigarette companies' profits soaring? | The Intelligence podcast
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3:00Now PlayingPeople are smoking less so why are cigarette companies' profits soaring? Jason Palmer, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, and Callum Williams, our senior economics writer, discuss why the tobacco industry is thriving despite the number of American adult smokers falling by around 20m people in the past decade.
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