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Based in Kolkata, ITC was established in 1910 as Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited. The company name was changed to India Tobacco Company Limited (1970), I.T.C. Limited (1974) and finally to ITC Limited in 2001. The name changes reflect ITC's attempts to "get rid of the cigarette brand" by diversifying into non-tobacco products and services. Cigarettes remain ITC's main source of revenue, accounting for 62% of the company's gross revenue in 2016 (42% of its net revenue). Popular ITC cigarette and cigar brands include Insignia, India Kings, Lucky Strike, Classic, Gold Flake, Navy Cut, Players, Scissors, Capstan, Berkeley, Bristol, Flake, Silk Cut, Duke & Royal.
Market consumption in India and the world
India is the third largest tobacco producer in the world. In 1995, a total of 450 million kg of tobacco was produced. Only 80 million kg were used for domestic cigarette production, and 55 million kg were exported as cigarette tobacco.
Developments in the Indian tobacco industry have not kept pace with international trends. The share of cigarettes in the total tobacco use in India is approx. 20% compared to 85% globally. Internationally, there has been a shift from traditional forms of tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, pipe, cigar) to cigarettes, which is recognized as the modern and most acceptable form of tobacco use. For example, the proportion of cigarettes in the United States increased from 2% in 1880 to 84% today. In the UK, the share of cigarettes increased from 12% in 1890 to 79% in 1995. In Italy, cigarettes account for 98% of current consumption compared to 5% in 1900. Even in neighboring Pakistan, the share of cigarettes has increased significantly - from 40 % in 1971 to 58% today. However, the opposite has happened in India. The share of cigarettes has fallen to 20% from 23% in 1971, while total tobacco use has increased. In fact, the volume of the cigarette industry fell by 12.5% between 1984/85 and 1994/95, before a recovery began in 1995/96.
Facts about Cigarettes
1) Worldwide, tobacco use causes more than 7 million deaths a year. If the global smoking pattern does not change, more than 8 million people will die each year from tobacco-related diseases by 2030.
2) Smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths due to exposure to secondhand smoke. This is one in five deaths a year or 1,300 deaths a day.
3) On average, smokers die 10 years earlier than non-smokers.
4) If smoking continues at the current rate among American youth, 5.6 million Americans under the age of 18 today are expected to die prematurely from a smoking-related illness. This represents about one in 13 Americans aged 17 and younger living today.
• Smoking has been banned in public places across the country since October 22, 2002. There are approximately 120 million smokers in India. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India is home to 12% of the world's smokers. More than 1 million people die each year from tobacco-related diseases. In 2015, the number of men smoking tobacco in India increased to 108 million, an increase of 36% between 1998 and 2015.

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