Damaged by economic uncertainty and growth in the illicit trade in key markets, the tobacco industry suffered a poor year in 2012, with volume growth in cigarettes only maintained by the huge Chinese market, while value growth was down significantly on previous years. Several markets saw value decline in 2012 – a first indication that industry pricing power may be weakening and will prove unable to continue to generate cash in the face of mass volume declines.

I had been hoping to get out and about a bit more over the long Easter break but, as so often is the case over bank holiday weekends, it was fairly miserable although I tried to grin and bear it and even managed to get the lawn cut!

Did my eyes deceive me? it wasn't April Fool's Day and I knew I wasn't dreaming. Maybe I'd misread the title? No, the article definitely said that one of my favourite healthy food supplements was probably going to be taken off the market in Denmark!