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Letter: Black market in NY cigarettes
It’s time for New York leaders to wake up and listen to state law enforcement professionals: The adult smoking rate is going up because of the growing crime of cigarette smuggling in the Empire State, not because of budget cuts to anti-smoking programs [“Survey: Smoking on rise in NYC,” News, Sept. 16].
Each year investigative experts estimate that 50 percent to 60 percent of cigarettes smoked in New York City are trafficked via the black market. Smokers are spending less for contraband cigarettes than ever before, clearly going out of their way to avoid paying for the most expensive packs in America and making it easier to light up.
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/letters/letter-black-market-in-ny-cigarettes-1.9477572
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