jeromeroselli Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Found this article. Found it to be pretty strange...... http://www.slate.com/id/2221438/pagenum/all/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taino Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Actually nothing strange, high taxes and prohibitions on specific products trigger counterfeiting, illegal sales and imports, piracy, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sounddust Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 "Until this April, officials in the central Chinese province of Hubei were required to smoke a collective 230,000 packs of regional brands a year." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarros Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 More interesting aspect: Terrorism and Tobacco--How Cigarette Smuggling Finances Jihad and Insurgency Worldwide http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=11427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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