E-Zigarette made ​​by Heinz Landewyck

The sales share of the tobacco market of the Luxembourg Luxembourg single tobacco manufacturer , Heinz van LANDEWYCK , amounts to about 15 percent. By selling the tobacco tourism, the proportion even rises to about 23 percent. Above all, enjoys the cigarette Exilir on growing in popularity, says the sales director of the company , François Elvinger , Tageblatt.lu . Then Ducal , Austin and Maryland follow .

For several years, however , the tobacco market is losing ground . While doses of tobacco still sold well , including menthol cigarettes are less and less in demand. And the so-called tobacco - tourism flushes less and less money in the coffers . Only in France were the sales on a proper level. By now the small price difference , sales break out in Germany and in Belgium a slowly so Elvinger .

Niches for survival

In response they wanted to invest more in niche products. And since part of it , the electronic cigarette or e- cigarette shortly . It is becoming increasingly popular , especially since it even after the smoking ban in cafes and nightclubs located on the 1st January came into force , continue to be consumed there. Even in restaurants, it is not taboo. To switch to this cheaper , more and more smokers and tobacco odor looser . The proportion of smokers in electronic cigarette has already risen in Germany and in France to over a million and growing.

Reason enough to bring for Heinz van LANDEWYCK also an e- cigarette on the market. The hardware is imported directly from China. The Chinese hold a patent on the batteries and the evaporator , so Elvinger . About the " Liquid" still no final decision had been killed . As of this spring, the e- cigarette from Heinz van LANDEWYCK should be available in this country . Preparations are in full swing , Tageblatt.lu was assured .

Fewer smoking = less money

However, the cigarette manufacturer company management makes , despite the introduction of new products very worried . With the introduction of the smoking ban and the ongoing fight against tobacco consumption of " death by many companies " and the loss of jobs is expected.

"In 2006 , as the advertising of tobacco products in the written press was banned , we have also felt the impact ," said François Elvinger to Tageblatt.lu . After the extended smoking ban he expects an increase in people who quit smoking or at least reduce their tobacco consumption. That hurts .electric cigarettes for sale

It is smoked less

The decrease in smoking is a Europe- wide trend . Globally, tobacco use may decrease approximately by 5 percent annually . The highest proportion of daily smokers is listed according to European statistics in Greece. There, 35 percent of the population access every day for a cigarette . Very few smokers were counted in Sweden ( 18 percent) , Finland ( 18.6 percent ) and Luxembourg ( 19.5 percent). In Belgium, 20.5 percent of the population access to the fags , in Germany , 23.4 percent and 28.7 percent in France , after all .

The Luxembourg cigarette producer Heinz van LANDEWYCK was founded in 1847 . The group employs about 900 people, 200 in sales, 50 in an in-house printing and 650 in manufacturing, including 250 at its plant in Ettelbrück . The main plant is located in Hollerech . Every year, 10 billion cigarettes are manufactured . Of these, 90 percent are exported , however . The Landywyck group is present in over 30 countries including , Spain, Austria , Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium , France, Germany , England, Poland , Romania, Hungary, the Netherlands