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Singapore is No. 4 for illicit tobacco use; 1 in 4 cigarettes here illegal
One in four cigarettes smoked in Singapore last year was illegal, costing the Government millions of dollars in lost taxes and fuelling organised crime. The Republic had the fourth-highest rate of illicit tobacco use in Asia, a regional study has shown. Smokers here consumed 900 million contraband cigarettes, depriving the state of around $347 million in tax revenue. Meanwhile, Interpol has warned that the illegal tobacco trade allows criminal gangs to flourish and could be used to fund terrorism.
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