An investigative story (and video) published this day by the Guardian: "It shows that the Baltic Tobacco Company (BTC), apparently
Russian-owned, is manufacturing on a large scale a previously obscure
cigarette brand called Jin Ling. The firm based in Kaliningrad is selling them by the
container-load to smugglers at 20 US cents a packet. Smuggled Jin Ling,
resembling the US Camel brand in appearance, are coming to light across
Europe from Lithuania to Venice" ...
"Jin Ling is the most disturbing new development anywhere in the world in the illegal tobacco trade," said Luk Joossens, a World Health Organisation specialist. "They are flooding into Europe."
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