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Tob Control. Published Online First: 10 September 2008. doi:10.1136/tc.2008.026567
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Progress in combating cigarette smuggling

Luk Joossens1, Martin Raw2

1 Framework Convention Alliance, Belgium;
2 University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

E-mail: joossensl{at}fctc.org

ABSTRACT

The illicit tobacco trade results in huge losses of revenue to governments, estimated at US$40 -50 billion in 2006, and in increased consumption and thus health problems because it makes tobacco available more cheaply. On 20 October 2008 the second meeting of the International Negotiating Body (INB2) on the illicit trade protocol of WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will discuss measures to tackle the illicit trade in tobacco products. This paper presents the experience over the last decade of three countries, Italy, Spain and the UK, which shows that tobacco smuggling can be successfully tackled. The evidence strongly suggests that the key to controlling smuggling is controlling the supply chain, and that the supply chain is controlled to a great extent by the tobacco industry.


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