State Tobacco Monopoly Administration

State Tobacco Monopoly Administration

国家烟草专卖局
Agency overview
Formed	January 1984
Type	National office
Jurisdiction	State Council of the People's Republic of China
Headquarters	55 South Yuetan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China, 100045
Minister responsible	Ling Chengxing (凌成兴), Director of State Tobacco Monopoly Administration
Parent department	Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China
Website	www.tobacco.gov.cn

State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (abbreviated as STMA) is a Chinese government agency responsible for enforcing the tobacco monopoly in China and has oversight over the China National Tobacco Corporation, which is the government owned corporation that has a virtual monopoly in serving the country's customer base of 350 million smokers, who consume 1.7 trillion cigarettes every year in China.^[1]

References

1. Todd, Anne, "Turning Over a New Leaf", USDA Rural Development, January 2007. Report on Tobacco Production in China.