The manufacture of cigarettes is dominated by giant firms and state-owned tobacco monopolies.

Largest Tobacco Companies
COMPANY	GLOBAL MARKET SHARE (%)	1999 TOBACCO SALES ($BIL)
China National Tobacco Co.[?] (CNTC)	32.7	$0.023
Philip Morris Cos. (USA)	17.3	$47
British American Tobacco PLC[?] (BAT, UK)	16.0	$30.4
Japan Tobacco[?]	9.0	$29.9
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco (USA)	2.0	$7.6
Reemtsma[?] (Germany)	2.0
Altadis[?] (France and Spain)	2.0
PT Gudang Garam[?] (Indonesia)	1.4
TEKEL[?] (Turkey)	1.3
ITC[?] (India)	1.0
Fortune Tobacco Co.[?] (Philippines)	.9
Eastern Company[?] (Egypt)	.8
Thailand Tobacco[?] monopoly	.8
Lorillard Tobacco Co.[?] (USA)	.7
(2000, Euromonitor[?], Tara Parker-Pope)