Tax gaps create incentives
Large tax and price differences can encourage smuggling, counterfeiting and cross-border arbitrage in both alcohol and tobacco markets.
Compliance differences
The source contrasts statutory packaging and warning obligations in legal channels with the absence of reliable composition or yield controls in illicit channels.
What this atlas does not do
The catalog does not authenticate products, locate sellers or advise on cross-border transport. Availability and legality must be assessed under current local law.
Source and accuracy notice
Adapted from the supplied Alcohol and Cigarettes Website Content document; numbered source markers were unresolved and are retained as internal notes rather than links.
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