so is the dividend okay or not now? looks to me that its still low due to the current political situation and the continued sale of illicit cigarettes..

the current govt not bothered to combat against illicit cigarettes perhaps..they just put smoking ban only..which adds to the loss of profit by BAT

how to stay relevant in this economy? only when the govt really crack down on the enforcement against illicit cigarettes sale, then only the economy will go up, and govt might impose less tax, which will drive up the BAT and PMI shares..

about 466.16 million sticks of illicit cigarettes were seized last year (2019) as compared to 843.89 million sticks in 2018..and about 12.2 billion sticks of illicit ciggie were actually sold instead..no wonder the dividend so small this time..