Since 2014, Sampoerna has closed three of its own hand rolling factories, laid off thousands of workers, and reduced the contracts of its 38 Third Party Operators. Mechanised factories offer competitive salaries, benefits, and training opportunities but also subject their workerswho are hierarchised as contractors, daily workers, and monthly workersto draining around-the-clock shift schedules, noise exposure and other factory hazards, and relentless pressure to continuously improve their quantity, quality, and safety performance
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Both firms have released dozens of new flavor capsule brands across Latin America in recent years despite promises to phase out cigarettes in favor of newer nicotine products and vows not to market tobacco in ways that appeal to children
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