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Cigarette Smuggling Case Discussed in January  

Jump to full article: Balkan Insight.com (ba), 2009-11-12
Author: 1999-2000 the illicit trade was worth several billion

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· Cross-Border/Crime
non-USA, by Country
· UK
· Europe
· Poland
· Eastern Europe

Revealed: £2bn cost to UK from cigarette smuggling  

Jump to full article: Electronic Telegraph (uk), 2009-08-30
Author: Jonathan Sibun

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· Cross-Border/Crime
· Terrorism
USA, by State
· Florida
non-USA, by Country
· Ireland
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Miami's Black-Market Cigarette King Pleads Guilty 

Jump to full article: Miami New Times blogs, 2009-08-14
Author: Tim Elfrink in Crime

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· Cross-Border/Crime
USA, by State
· Florida
non-USA, by Country
· Panama
· Eastern Europe

Sentencing set for Miami cigarette smuggler 

Jump to full article: WZVN ABC7 (Fort Myers, FL), 2009-08-14

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· International
· Business (Tobacco)
· Cross-Border/Crime
non-USA, by Country
· Germany
· Europe
· Eastern Europe

German Cigarette Trade Influenced by Strong Competition 

Price competition within the European Union changes the outlook for the German cigarette market.
Jump to full article: Tobacco International , 2009-04-01
Author: John Parker

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· International
· Business (Tobacco)
· Tobacco Control
non-USA, by Country
· Europe
· Russia
· Eastern Europe

Made to be smuggled: Russian contraband cigarettes 'flooding' European Union 

Jump to full article: Kyiv Post (ua), 2009-04-07
Author: Stefan Candea, Duncan Campbell, Vlad Lavrov and Roman Shleynov of the International Consortium of Investigative Journali

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Jin Ling
From the ICIJ story: "[T]the world’s first-ever cigarette brand designed and manufactured only for smuggling."

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· International
· Business (Tobacco)
· Cross-Border/Crime
non-USA, by Country
· Europe
· Russia
· Eastern Europe

Going undercover: Inside Baltic Tobacco’s smuggling empire 

Jump to full article: Kyiv Post (ua), 2009-04-07
Author: Stefan Candea, Duncan Campbell, Vlad Lavrov, and Roman Shleynov International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

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· International
· Business (Tobacco)
· Sports/Games
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non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· Swedish Match

Swedish Match Hires Motorbike Champ Rickardsson for East Europe 

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2009-03-30
Author: Paul Jarvis

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· International
· Business (Tobacco)
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· BAT

BAT's Adams Sees Favorable Climate for Acquisitions: Video  

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2009-02-26

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· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· BAT

BAT Says East Europe Currency Slide Will Fuel Tobacco Smuggling  

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2009-02-26
Author: Thomas Mulier

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· Europe
· Russia
· Eastern Europe

Russian Contraband Cigarettes 'Flooding' Europe 

Investigation Reveals $1 Billion 'Jin Ling' Network
Jump to full article: PR Newswire, 2008-10-20
Author: SOURCE Center for Public Integrity

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· Business (Tobacco)
· Cross-Border/Crime
non-USA, by Country
· Thailand
· Eastern Europe

Thai Tobacco sets sights on Eastern Europe  

Jump to full article: The Nation (th), 2008-08-13
Author: Achara Deboonme THE NATION

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· Austria
· Czech Repulic
· Eastern Europe

LN: Austria takes tough stance on cigarette imports 

Jump to full article: Prague Daily Monitor (cz), 2008-05-14
Author: ČTK / Published 14 May 2008

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· Europe
· Eastern Europe
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· BAT

BAT Splits European Business Into Western and Eastern Units 

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2008-03-25
Author: Thomas Mulier

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· International
· Smokefree Policies
· Hotels
non-USA, by Country
· Romania
· Eastern Europe

"No smoking" Lamp is Lit 

Jump to full article: Hotel Interactive, 2008-02-08
Author: David Wilkening

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[S]mokers here, in common with many Eastern European countries, have little respect for non-smokers.
Romanian Tourist Office, on its website.

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· Health/Science
· Cross-Border/Crime
· Ethnic Issues
non-USA, by Country
· Ireland
· Eastern Europe

Cheap cigarettes fuel heavy smoking 

Jump to full article: The Press Association (uk), 2008-01-31

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· Ireland
· Eastern Europe

Cigarette smugglers intercepted  

Jump to full article: Irish Independent (ie), 2008-01-12
Author: Tom Brady

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· Ireland
· Eastern Europe

Cigarette smuggling costs exchequer €100m 

Jump to full article: Sunday Business Post (ie), 2007-11-04
Author: John Burke and Ian Kehoe

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· Health/Science
· Cross-Border/Crime
· Lung Cancer
· Cancer
· costs/finances
non-USA, by Country
· UK
· Eastern Europe

East European immigrants with cancer 'could swamp the NHS'  

Health tourists cost the NHS £62m a year
Jump to full article: The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk), 2007-09-03
Author: DANIEL MARTIN

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· Business (Tobacco)
non-USA, by Country
· UK
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· ITY

Smoking ban sends Imperial on foreign mission  

Jump to full article: The Independent (uk), 2006-11-01
Author: Nic Fildes

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· Europe
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· Glh

UPDATE 3-Gallaher H1 profits rise, sees improving H2 

(Rewrites with further analyst comment and details, shares)
Jump to full article: Reuters, 2006-09-06
Author: David Jones

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· Business (Tobacco)
non-USA, by Country
· Europe
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· Glh

Gallaher calls recovery in problem markets in second half 

Jump to full article: AFX News, 2006-09-06

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· Europe
· Eastern Europe
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· Glh

Profits up as Gallaher looks east 

Jump to full article: The Guardian (uk), 2006-09-06
Author: Hans Kundnani

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· Business (Tobacco)
non-USA, by Country
· Europe
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· Glh

Gallaher 1st-Half Profit Gains 17% on Eastern Europe (Update3) 

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2006-09-06
Author: Maria Sheahan and Thomas Mulier

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· Business (Tobacco)
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· Europe
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· Glh

Gallaher Says First-Half Profit Up 

Gallaher Says First-Half Profit Gains 17 Percent
Jump to full article: AP, 2006-09-06

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· Business (Tobacco)
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· Europe
· Eastern Europe
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· Glh

Tough west Europe to cap Gallaher profit rise 

Jump to full article: Reuters (uk), 2006-09-01
Author: Name

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· Health/Science
· Cessation
· Vaccines
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe

Cytisine for Smoking Cessation: A Literature Review and a Meta-analysis 

Aug 14/28, 2006, Etter 166 (15): 1553 / Vol. 166 No. 15, Aug 14/28, 2006
Jump to full article: Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006-08-14
Author: Jean-François Etter, PhD, MPH

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Categories
· Tobacco Control
non-USA, by Country
· China
· Europe
· Eastern Europe

Smuggling 'will increase in Europe next year' 

Jump to full article: Gulf News (ae), 2006-05-23
Author: Mohammad Ezz Al Deen, Staff Reporter

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· Business (Tobacco)
· Secret Documents
· Movies
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· BAT

Tobacco company considered funding a film to promote smoking in eastern Europe -- Dobson 332 

BMJ 2006;332:1176 (20 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7551.1176-e
Jump to full article: British Medical Journal, 2006-05-20
Author: Abergavenny Roger Dobson

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· Secret Documents
· Tobacco Control
· Movies
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· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· BAT
· WHO: FCTC

Movie Moguls: British American Tobacco's covert strategy to promote cigarettes in Eastern Europe 

Jump to full article: European Journal of Public Health, 2006-04-06
Author: Eric M. LeGresley 1, Monique E. Muggli 2, and Richard D. Hurt 3 *

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Categories
· Health/Science
· Lung Cancer
non-USA, by Country
· UK
· Eastern Europe

Is the Risk of Lung Cancer Reduced among Eczema Patients? -- Castaing et al. 

Volume 162, Number 6 Pp. 542-547 2005 162(6):542-547; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi241
Jump to full article: American Journal of Epidemiology, 2005-09-13

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· Business (Tobacco)
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· Eastern Europe
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· Glh

Gallaher 1st-Half Net Rises 31% on Eastern Europe 

Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2004-09-08

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· Business (Tobacco)
· Cross-Border/Crime
· Tax
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· Europe
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· MO

EU accession countries to feel impact of tough tobacco legislation from Brussels 

Jump to full article: Euromonitor International, 2004-09-02
Author: Zora Milenkovic

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· Business (Tobacco)
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe
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· ITY

Imperial bid to smoke out profits 

Jump to full article: The Scotsman (uk), 2004-03-16

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· Health/Science
· Business (Tobacco)
· Tobacco Control
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe
· Central Europe

News 

Jump to full article: Filter (hu), 2004-02-19

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· Health/Science
· Tobacco Control
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe

Filter Online news 

Jump to full article: Filter (hu), 2003-12-01

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· Society
· Statistics/Database
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe

Analysis: Smoker's bastion in S.E. Europe 

Jump to full article: UPI, 2003-09-26
Author: Christopher Deliso UPI Business Correspondent

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· Cross-Border/Crime
non-USA, by Country
· Europe
· Eastern Europe

Mafia chief links Balkan leader to tobacco scam 

Ian Traynor in Montenegro on prime minister's denial that he made money from cigarette smuggling
Jump to full article: The Guardian (uk), 2003-09-27
Author: Ian Traynor, Montenegro

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· Business (Tobacco)
· Official Documents/Legislation
non-USA, by Country
· Serbia
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· MO

DIN, Philip Morris sign sell-off agreement 

Jump to full article: Web site of Serbian Government (yu), 2003-09-02

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Categories
· Tobacco Control
non-USA, by Country
· Asia
· Eastern Europe
Organizations
· WHO
· Wntd
· WHO: FCTC

Eastern Europe: 'No Tobacco Day' To Curb High Profile of Tobacco 

Jump to full article: Radio Free Europe, 2003-05-31
Author: Eugen Tomiuc

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· Health/Science
· Business (Tobacco)
non-USA, by Country
· Hungary
· Eastern Europe
· Central Europe

Hungry for Hungary: examples of tobacco industry's expansionism 

Szilgyi, T., Chapman, S. / Department of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of Sydney 2006, Australia
Jump to full article: Central European Journal of Public Health (cz), 2003-04-22

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· Cross-Border/Crime
· Tax
non-USA, by Country
· Hungary
· Slovakia
· Estonia
· Eastern Europe

Eastern Approaches: Tax huff in Hungary 

Jump to full article: UPI, 2002-09-23

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Categories
· Opinion/Surveys
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe
· Central Europe

EDITORIAL: Welcome from the Editor 

Jump to full article: Filter (hu), 2001-03-31
Author: Tibor Szilágyi / Chief Executive Officer Health 21 Hungarian Foundation

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· Cross-Border/Crime
non-USA, by Country
· Germany
· Eastern Europe

How The Smoking Barons Help The Mafia To Smuggle Cigarettes 

Firms allegedly supply Eastern Bloc to excess
Jump to full article: Daily Record and Sunday Mail (uk), 2000-12-21

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Categories
· International
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe

Marlboro man races east from tobacco control 

Jump to full article: UPI, 2000-06-26

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Quotes from this article:

tobacco iron curtain
The tobacco blitzkreig in Eastern Europe is examined in, <I>Marlboro man races east from tobacco control</I>

Categories
· Business (Tobacco)
non-USA, by Country
· Eastern Europe

Villiger's Eastern Cigar Adventure 

Jump to full article: Tobacco Journal International, 1999-08-13

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A cigar culture cannot be created in a rush.
Heinrich Villiger, president of Villiger Polska. Quoted in <i>Villiger's Eastern Cigar Adventure</i>