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Studies show local laws that raise the minimum age to 21 result in a sharp decline in tobacco use among adults 18-20 years old

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The Virginia Crime Commission found that a well-organized cross-state smuggling operation could bring in $4 million with one shipment.[1] Each year, scholars at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Michigan think tank, use a statistical analysis of available data to estimate smuggling rates for each state.[2] Their most recent report uses 2012 data and finds that smuggling rates generally rise in states after they adopt large cigarette tax increases

Compared to other countries in Europe, the situation regarding tobacco advertising is scandalous and only similar to Bulgaria and Andorra