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As legal pack prices rise, the price differential between legitimate retail and counterfeit or duty-evaded products widens, creating stronger financial incentives for illicit supply chains

Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

The nicotine content depends on the amount of tobacco and the type of tobacco used for RYO

This illness can be devastating, putting hundreds of previously healthy people in intensive care, on oxygen and using mechanical ventilators

For every dollar of profit from selling tobacco to personnel, according to data from a 1996 Inspector Generals report, the Pentagon spent more than nine dollars on healthcare and lost productivity