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States Smoking The Most Smuggled Cigarettes

States Smoking The Most Smuggled Cigarettes
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A man smokes a Japan Tobacco Inc. Mevius brand cigarette in an arranged photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. Japan Tobacco, the maker of Mevius, Winston and Camel cigarettes, is expected to announce its third quarter earnings on Feb. 5. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tobacco consumption in America has declined consistently since the surgeon general’s office published its first report in 1965. However, more than 18% of adults still identified as smokers in 2013, and in many states, demand for tobacco is high enough to justify large-scale smuggling operations. In New York, a nation-leading 58% of the cigarette market was smuggled in 2013. The share is so high that it hardly fits the description of an underground market.

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