Unit sales were up about 10 percent last year, which is huge.
But unit sales have actually been rising over the last few years, with 2007 being another strong year.
Unit sales actually dropped by 400,000 vehicles in the month, he said.
Given that, the sum of all the unit sales would be about $6.5 billion.
Unit sales went up more than enough to offset the price drop.
Still other buildings have no choice because individual unit sales are being affected.
Still, industry observers said the rate of increase in unit sales was beginning to slow.
He did not give unit sales figures for the regions.
Unit sales rose by 7.7 percent, to 360.7 billion cigarettes.
In 2001, unit sales will reach 4.5 million, the company predicts.