Editing Tobacco (section)

====Trends====
[[File:Preparando o tabaco em Balibó.jpg|thumb|Tobacco production in [[Portuguese Timor]] in the 1930s]]
Production of tobacco leaf increased by 40% between 1971, when 4.2&nbsp;million tons of leaf were produced, and 1997, when 5.9&nbsp;million tons of leaf were produced.<ref name="United Nations 2010">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ''Projection of tobacco production, consumption and trade for the year 2010.'' (Rome, 2003).</ref> According to the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO) of the United Nations, tobacco leaf production was expected to hit 7.1&nbsp;million tons by 2010. This number is a bit lower than the record-high production of 1992, when 7.5&nbsp;million tons of leaf were produced.<ref name="United Nations 2004">The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ''Higher World Tobacco use expected by 2010-growth rates slowing down.'' (Rome, 2004).</ref> The production growth was almost entirely due to increased productivity by developing nations, where production increased by 128%.<ref name="JhaChaloupka2000">{{cite book |editor1=Prabhat Jha |editor2=Frank J. Chaloupka |author1=Rowena Jacobs |display-authors=etal |title=Tobacco Control in Developing Countries |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UTO8AAAAIAAJ&q=supply-side |year=2000 |chapter=The Supply-Side Effects Of Tobacco Control Policies |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-19-263250-0 |pages=311ff}}</ref> During that same time, production in developed countries actually decreased.<ref name="United Nations 2004"/> China's increase in tobacco production was the single biggest factor in the increase in world production. China's share of the world market increased from 17% in 1971 to 47% in 1997.<ref name="United Nations 2010"/> This growth can be partially explained by the existence of a low import tariff on foreign tobacco entering China. While this tariff was reduced from 66% in 1999 to 10% in 2004,<ref>{{cite journal |last1 = Hu |first1 = T-W |last2 = Mao |first2 = Z |display-authors=etal |year=2006 |title = China at the Crossroads: The Economics of Tobacco and Health |journal = Tobacco Control |volume = 15 |issue = Suppl 1 |pages = i37–i41 |doi=10.1136/tc.2005.014621 |pmc = 2563551 |pmid=16723674}}</ref> it has still led to local Chinese cigarettes being preferred over foreign cigarettes because of their lower cost.