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Warning over Black Market Cigarettes on the Streets of Britain Source from: The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk) 05/16/2016 ![]() Black market cigarettes containing up to 500 per cent more cancer-causing chemicals are being sold by rogue traders and some corner shops.
Croydon Council trading standards officers seized 4,600 fake packets of 50g Golden Virginia Hand Rolling Tobacco worth £85,000. LGA spokesman Simon Blackburn said: 'Illegal tobacco being sold cheaply through the black market by rogue traders is funding organised criminal gangs, damaging legitimate traders and robbing the taxpayer of more than £2billion that could be spent on schools, hospitals and caring for the elderly. 'Children and young smokers can often be targeted by people who sell illegal cigarettes, making it even easier for them to get hooked on smoking. |