Picture of the Day: Korean Cigarette Sales Decrease Dramatically After Price Hike
The number of cigarettes released in the domestic market dropped 44.2 percent following price increases in January, data showed Tuesday. [Korea Herald]
The number of cigarettes released in the domestic market dropped 44.2 percent following price increases in January, data showed Tuesday. [Korea Herald]
Can you say propaganda? I wonder what the sales figures were for the last quarters of 2013 and 2014. During the last quarter of 2014, people were hoarding cigarettes in anticipation of the price increase. I certainly know people who did and didn’t buy many during the first quarter of 2015.
That is gunna put a bummer on Song Chang Sik’s 1986 classic song “Cigarette Store Girl” 담배가게아가씨
This is one of the great covers many Koreans have done to the classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdm8IyPjOxw
@1- Great point about the hoarding.
@William – Thanks for sharing, that band was pretty good.