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data via World Lung Foundations, 2012 Tobacco Atlas But thats nothing compared to the worlds top cigarette-smoking countries (relative to their populations) almost all of which are in Europe: Serbia (2,861 cigarettes per capita) Bulgaria (2,822) Greece (2,795) Russia (2,786) A whopping 40% of the Russian population smokes a percentage thats about the same in Bulgaria and Greece

A 2020 New York seizure of 6,267 cartons of cigarettes required a long-term investigation, including court-authorized search warrants, wiretaps, grand jury subpoenas, and other investigative tools.[2] A Wellesley Island Station Anti-Smuggling Unit, with the help of US Border Patrol agents, seized more than 1 million cigarettes (worth more than $300,000) in April 2024.[3] A 2023 New York City raid seized more than 1,800 cartons of cigarettes and $155,000 in cash.[4] But even when successful, policing smuggling is costly and only prohibits a drop of water in the East River of smuggling activity

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