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High Tobacco Taxes Drive Illicit Cigarette Trade, Report Says

By Matt Thompson · August 9, 2019, 5:44 PM EDT

High tobacco taxes drive the demand for illegally smuggled cigarettes by driving a "price wedge" compared to legal tobacco, according to a study by the American Enterprise Institute, but its data...

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