Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Since then, the production and distribution of tobacco has increasingly ended up in the hands of large international chains in whose interest it is to keep successive new generations of consumers dependent on them on a permanent basis."
Entre-temps, la production et la distribution de tabac sont devenues de plus en plus l'uvre de grands groupes internationaux, qui ont tout intérêt à asservir de façon durable chaque nouvelle génération.