Dobin A, Davis CA, Schlesinger F, Drenkow J, Zaleski C, Jha S, et al
Please understand, there is no such thing as a safe cigarette
"Over this 17-year period from 2007 to 2023, the total loss from net cigarette smuggling exceeded $83.8 billion, which amounts to an annual average loss of $4.93 billion." Over that 17-year period, the biggest hit in foregone revenue has been to New York state, which recently increased taxes to $5.35 per pack, with another $1.50 added by New York City, and spent many years at or near the top of the list for smuggling destinations
That being said, a pull from a hookah is much bigger, and even just an hour-long session is enough to be plenty comparable to regular cigarette use
The concern of the National Tobacco Tax Association was the tremendous amount of tax dollars being lost allegedly through illegal sales from military installations
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