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
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Option 2: Regularizing Trade Primarily Through Radically Increased Authorizations If many adults want a product that is likely to be highly beneficial to their health and welfare, there must be extraordinary reasons for denying them access to it
The report, which was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, an organisation that invests heavily in reducing tobacco use, added that the marketing of heated tobacco products often combined claims of reduced harm relative to cigarettes with "the passion for technology of primarily young people"
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