Cigarettes are not selling well? The post-00 generation collectively resists + price increase hits hard, the tobacco industry is in a panic with no solution!

Cigarettes, once an essential "social currency" at dinner parties, are now struggling to clear inventory! The post-00 circle treats cigarettes as "social assassins"; when someone pulls out a cigarette, others dodge faster than rabbits, covering their noses and waving their hands, making the scene awkward enough to make one want to pick their toes!

Contemporary young people are all about "zero participation" in cigarettes, white liquor, and collectibles that were once favorites of middle-aged individuals! Health awareness has skyrocketed, seeing through the harms of cigarettes; they'd rather drink milk tea and chew gum than touch anything that harms their lungs. The old routine of passing cigarettes to bridge distances has completely failed among the youth, and cigarettes have transformed from "hard currency" to something to be avoided!

Low-priced cigarettes are catching up with price increases! Once, affordable cigarettes at a dozen yuan were not enough to sell at retail stores. Now, with a price increase, old smokers find it not worth it, reducing their intake or even quitting smoking, and retail stores are just lying flat --- halving their stock, with low-priced cigarettes gathering dust on the shelves, and the boss exclaims, "If they don't sell, it's better not to stock them!"

It's not surprising that cigarette sales are cooling down! Young people's refusal of cigarettes is a sign of progress in health awareness, not being bound by old-fashioned social norms. The price increase of low-priced cigarettes goes against consumer expectations, and everyone votes with their feet. In the consumer market, health and cost-effectiveness are king; outdated products that can't keep up with the pace will be eliminated sooner or later!