… by factors such as soaring black-market tobacco sales and increasingly brazen violence … of more than four million cigarettes, around 50,500 vapes and … include illegal vapes and e-cigarettes. Since tighter vape restrictions were …

… government’s excise on legal cigarettes reaching almost $30 for a … so-called “tobacco wars”, as rival gangs competed for black market profits. The … “A legal packet of 20 cigarettes costs $50 bucks … and … up an illegal packet of cigarettes for $13,” he told …

… the sale of illegal cigarettes will double since 2022, … showed illegal tobacco “dominating” the legal market. The legal market has decreased … out how big the black market was and when viewing … the thugs selling the black-market products are driving around …

… outlawed the sale of tobacco to anyone born after … a historic step towards a tobacco-free Maldives. The Maldivian … launching the Generational Ban on Tobacco, a powerful investment in … on the black market, vapes were 'still cheaper than cigarettes.'; The …

… seized 3,860 illicit cigarettes and 224 illegal vapes. … the out-of-control illicit black market”. “These dangerous stores … 8 million cigarettes, 2,000 kilograms of illicit tobacco and 170 … licence to sell tobacco or non-tobacco smoking products. Applications …

… ban covers all forms of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars and related products … purchasing tobacco to ensure compliance. The Maldives had already banned e-cigarettes … and the possibility of a black market, Maldivian authorities remain confident that …

… on menthol cigarettes – has featured varying degrees of proscription, the Tobacco and … annual hikes in tobacco duty are fuelling the black market, and an outright … . In reality, the sale of cigarettes is shifting from legitimate stores …

… the ban would create a black market for the substances. The council … Denver. That applied to e-cigarettes, tobacco vape pens and other products … to menthol cigarettes, but did not apply to hookah tobacco. Businesses that …

… Australian Tax Office put the tobacco black market valuation at almost $3.2 … tonnes of illicit tobacco was consumed that year. Market researcher FTI Consulting … lowering the cigarette excise, blaming it for a rise in black market tobacco across …