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Smoking out illicit trade: How some policies intended to limit smoking drive illegal trade

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  • Roger Bate

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The World Health Organization (WHO) states that smoking cigarettes is the largest cause of preventable premature death globally and as therefore enacted various protocols in attempts to lower the death toll. However, in many cases the attempts to lower smoking, such as raising taxes and introducing or expanding regulation on tobacco products, has resulted in the rise of illicit tobacco, whether counterfeits or legally produced smuggled products. Bate argues that free trade zones, rogue nations and attempts by governments to stop illicit trade are the main drivers of illicit tobacco.

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  • Roger Bate, 2016. "Smoking out illicit trade: How some policies intended to limit smoking drive illegal trade," AEI Economic Perspectives, American Enterprise Institute, September.
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    1. Thomas Farole & Gokhan Akinci, 2011. "Special Economic Zones : Progress, Emerging Challenges, and Future Directions," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2341.
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    1. Aparna Mathur & Roger Bate & Cody Kallen, 2017. "The perverse effect of sin taxes: The rise of illicit white cigarettes," AEI Economics Working Papers 957068, American Enterprise Institute.

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