The market shrank in quantitative terms, as Israelis spent 10% less on dairy products than cigarettes last year.
Israeli consumers spent NIS 8.262 billion just on cigarettes in 2014, according to StoreNext figures obtained by “Globes.”
The entire fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in 2014 was only five times that amount. Dairy sales totaled NIS 7.52 billion, 10% less than cigarettes.
The cigarettes market grew 4.9% in monetary terms in 2014, but the entire increase was due to the tax increase on cigarettes, which boosted the price of a pack of cigarettes. In quantitative terms, the market continued to shrink last year, dropping 3.5%, a trend that has continued now for three years. Quantitative cigarette sales have now fallen 11.2% in two years.
Read the entire article on Globes.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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3 Responses
People might not realize this is a pic from Purim and think that this is normal in Israel for young boys to smoke it is not and the pic should reflect that
May i ask why 7 years olds are smoking ever, even on Purim?
#1
Anyone who doesn’t realize that this is a Purim pic is probably trying to figure out which chasidus has their children wear ridiculous looking red hats with tassels. I think it’s kind of obvious when the pic was taken. And I think #2 has a very good point.