Association of German Tobacco Industry

The Verband der deutschen Rauchtabakindustrie (VdR) is a German trade association that describes itself as a grouping of 11 predominantly mid-sized and largely family-run companies. Its website presents market data across product categories including fine-cut tobacco, pipe tobacco, cigars/cigarillos, snuff, cigarettes and chewing tobacco, and it addresses topics such as consumer policy, smuggling and tobacco taxation.

The VdR's website presents the association as a grouping of 11 predominantly mid-sized and largely family-run companies, and its homepage carries the line 'Mittelstand und Genuss seit 1920' (mid-sized business and enjoyment since 1920). It publishes market data for fine-cut tobacco, pipe tobacco, cigars/cigarillos, snuff, cigarettes and chewing tobacco, and it takes positions on consumer policy, illegal tobacco trade and tobacco taxation.

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