1 million counterfeit cigarettes seized in UK each day

Source: The Organised Crime Task Force, “Counterfeit Cigarettes 2004″ ,Confronting the Threat: Illicit Cigarettes, (accessed: October 18, 2005).

90 percent of smuggled cigarettes seized in 2002 were counterfeit

Source: Phillip Morris International Inc., “Confronting cigarette contraband,” October 2003,(last accessed: March 22, 2008).

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