Interesting article

[chadizzy1]

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/ne...-men-use-snuff

The part that stands out...

"According to the report, smokers purchased fewer cigarettes that were smuggled into the country. The drop was some 38 per cent on 2008.


So the widespread use of snus curtailed a lot of tobacco smuggling?

Hey, Obama, you listening?

[chadizzy1]

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/mana...11_10011_10011

I was interested in this part:

"Analysts at Citigroup recently published a report predicting that, based on the current rate of decline, smoking could be non-existent in many countries, including the U.K., by 2050. But Euromonitor International tobacco analyst Don Hedley argues the idea that the number of smokers will reach absolute zero is unrealistic since consumer behaviour is tricky to forecast. Tobacco volumes are a more useful indicator of the industry's future. These, too, are falling."

[precious007]

Obama doesn't smoke anymore, he's not interested in tobacco loool

[Jwalker]

Yeah I think sweden has a fairly low tax on cigarettes too, in the UK 20 percent of pre-made cigs and 60+ percent of ryo tobacco (which is way more popular than the U.S.) is smuggled and Ireland has it even worse.