Tobacco Industry going strong here.

The sale of tobacco brings in a lot of money for the state in taxes, even though tobacco sales publicity has recently been banned for reasons of public health. The tobacco industry does not appear to be hurting much yet. The Nouvelles says, ?Imperial Tobacco the 4th largest tobacco group in the world, yesterday inaugurated at Antsirabe a new factory for general production for Sacimem (Anonymous Melia Cigarette Society) which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. This new factory represents an investment of almost 8 million ariary, and includes new high tech material connected by fiber optical  Ethernet allowing for the remote control and maintenance of the production facility. Imperial Tobacco has been involved in Madagascar since 1989 when they signed a deal with the state giving them the authority to operate in this particular field.?