Illicit trade is a far-reaching phenomenon that not only deprives governments of tax revenues for much-needed public services, but the easy availability of low-priced contraband and counterfeit products discourages smoking cessation efforts, undermines youth access prevention measures, and prevents adult smokers from considering better alternatives to cigarettes
Native smokes still contain combustible tobacco, chemicals, nicotine and tar and carry the same risks of cancer, heart disease, stroke, COPD, and addiction as any other cigarette
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Guest Blog Author: Michael Schwalbe, Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University When it comes to destroying Black lives, no modern American institution can match the tobacco industry