The tobacco monopoly decreased the quality of its products while increasing their price.

On the same day he restored the tobacco monopoly and issued regulations for it.

By 1850 the tobacco monopoly was producing immense financial gain for the colonial government.

When news broke of an attempt to sell the tobacco monopoly, discontent boiled over into revolt.

Before the Americans entered the market, the Taiwanese tobacco monopoly generally did not advertise.

From 1725 to 1747 he held the tobacco monopoly in Austria, and had the power to establish factories and regulate prices.

He was active in suits brought against the trusts and was largely responsible for breaking up the tobacco monopoly.

Originally established as a tobacco monopoly, in practice it was used as a slush fund, and little to no records were kept of its activity.

To this day, the state-run tobacco monopoly in Lebanon is known as Regie.

The name came out of the fact that most of them were merchants, and their leader, Portales, was in charge of the tobacco monopoly.