A 2020 New York seizure of 6,267 cartons of cigarettes required a long-term investigation, including court-authorized search warrants, wiretaps, grand jury subpoenas, and other investigative tools.[2] A Wellesley Island Station Anti-Smuggling Unit, with the help of US Border Patrol agents, seized more than 1 million cigarettes (worth more than $300,000) in April 2024.[3] A 2023 New York City raid seized more than 1,800 cartons of cigarettes and $155,000 in cash.[4] But even when successful, policing smuggling is costly and only prohibits a drop of water in the East River of smuggling activity
Noting research which suggests that simultaneous users of cannabis and tobacco are 5.1 times more likely to experience cannabis dependence, the researchers said work should be done to find ways to encourage cannabis smokers to exclude tobacco from their spliffs, or to take up alternative forms of use, such as vaporising
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