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13A.6 What is known about drivers of illicit trade in tobacco internationally?
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Relevant news and research: What is known about drivers of illicit trade in tobacco internationally?

Zondi, M. H., van der Zee, K. and Van Walbeek, C. (2026). South Africa's illicit cigarette crisis: evidence from the 2021 Global Adult Tobacco Survey. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41819816


Stopping Tobacco Organisations and Products (2026). Complicit in Illicit? Tobacco Industry Tactics in the Philippines. . Available from: https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Complicit-in-Illicit.pdf


Ackary, S. J., Santiago, A. J., Amul, G. G. H. and Cabrera, P. J. L. (2025). Assessing industry compliance with the graphic health warnings law in the Philippines: challenges in multisectoral tobacco governance. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41093754


Van Walbeek, C. and Filby, S. (2025). Tobacco tax policy in South Africa: what went wrong and lessons for other countries. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40846484


Callinan, R. and Walsh, L. (2025). Macquarie Group company's private ATMs are helping fuel the illegal tobacco trade. ABC News. Available from:


Abdullah, S. M., Huque, R., Shashi, N. A., Hassan, M. T., Kanaan, M. and Siddiqi, K. (2025). Magnitude, structure and associated factors of illicit cigarette sales in Bangladesh: a pack analysis. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40447322


Luimes, T. and van der Puijl, M. (2025). Missing Millions: A cross-examination od British American Tobacco Kenya's tax bill. . Available from: https://www.bath.ac.uk/publications/missing-millions-a-cross-examination-of-british-american-tobacco-kenyas-tax-bill/


Singh, A., Dobbie, F., Gallagher, A., Ross, H., Boateng, O. A., Logo, D. D., Bauld, L., Gilmore, A. B. and Owusu-Dabo, E. (2025). The trade of illicit cigarettes in Ghana: Insights from a policy synthesis and qualitative study. Tob Prev Cessat. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39834949


Zhang, X. and Zhang, Z. (2025). The impact of goods and services tax increase on economic crime: Evidence from China's tobacco tax hike. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39830831


Earlier news and research

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