Jessica Miller | February 9, 2011
More than a quarter of smokers in Plymouth buy illegal tobacco, according to new figures. Almost 200,000 people in the South West use illegal tobacco and 28 per cent of Plymouth smokers buy it, a report reveals. It states around 147 million packets of illegal Marlboro cigarettes are smuggled into the region every year.
Category: Illegal Tobacco |
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Tags: cheap cigarette, legal tobacco, smoke-free
Jessica Miller | October 22, 2010
Opposition politicians and interest groups said that governments need to take much more aggressive action to halt the contraband tobacco trade in the wake of a National Post investigation that has revealed an industry virtually out of control. Dirt-cheap contraband cigarettes have been flooding the market over the past decade, accounting for 30% of the total Canadian market and approximately 50% in Ontario, according to various estimates. Experts worry it is to blame for a levelling off of smoking Viceroy and other brands that had been plummeting for years.
Category: Illegal Tobacco |
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Tags: illegal tobacco, legal cigarettes
Jessica Miller | October 20, 2010
Imperial Tobacco, the worlds’ 4th largest international tobacco company – has today signed a legally-binding anti-smuggling Agreement with the European Union. This follows similar legally binding agreements taken firstly by Philip Morris International (PMI) in 2004, by Japan Tobacco International (JTI) in December 2007 and by British American Tobacco (BAT) in July 2010.
Category: Illegal Tobacco, Tobacco Company |
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Tags: contraband cigarettes, smoking brands, Tobacco Company
Jessica Miller | June 4, 2010
The percentage of retailers who made illegal sales of tobacco to young people in the U.S. rose, for the first time in at least 13 years, amid state enforcement cutbacks, a federal study found. Approximately 10.9 percent of retailers inspected by state officials sold Camel, Marlboro cigarettes to customers under the age of 18 in the year ended Sept. 30, up from 9.9 percent a year earlier, according to a report released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. State budget cuts and fewer inspections contributed to the increase, the report said.
Category: Illegal Tobacco |
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Tags: Smoking, tobacco, Tobacco Sales