Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products

New Study by KPMG Reveals Alarming Levels of Illicit Cigarettes in the EU, with France Accounting for Almost Half of the Consumption

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星期三, 六月 28, 2023
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Countries such as Belgium, Denmark, France, and Germany are witnessing a growth in cigarette seizures and raids on clandestine manufacturing operations.

Key Points: 
  • Countries such as Belgium, Denmark, France, and Germany are witnessing a growth in cigarette seizures and raids on clandestine manufacturing operations.
  • Excluding France, overall illicit consumption in the remaining markets in the study declined by 7.5%, largely due to decreases in Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Romania.
  • Particularly, in countries like Poland and Romania, illicit consumption reached the lowest-ever incidence since KPMG began publishing its annual studies.
  • The KPMG report estimates the size and scale of illicit cigarette consumption, known as counterfeit & contraband (C&C), which includes illicit whites.

Why tobacco companies' warnings about a black market are inflated – and misleading

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星期三, 五月 3, 2023
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British American Tobacco NZ supplies about two thirds of the New Zealand tobacco market.

Key Points: 
  • British American Tobacco NZ supplies about two thirds of the New Zealand tobacco market.
  • These included a tobacco black market that would fuel “drug trafficking, money laundering and other nefarious activities”.
  • Read more:
    Smoke and mirrors: why claims that NZ’s smokefree policy could fuel an illicit tobacco trade don’t stack up

Who gains from black market scaremongering?

    • In 2006, a US court found international tobacco companies acted with “intent to defraud or deceive” the public about the harms from smoking for decades.
    • A New Zealand lobby group supported by tobacco companies appears not to have critically reviewed industry evidence but instead amplified the claims.
    • Nicotine products will in fact remain available, either as approved treatments (such as nicotine replacement therapies) or through vaping products.

How do people who smoke view illicit tobacco?

    • Very few of them reported personal interest in illicit tobacco products or had purchased illegally imported or stolen tobacco.
    • Here's what young people think about NZ's smokefree generation policy

      We found numerous contradictions in how participants expected an illicit market to evolve.

    • The government has allocated funding to a specialist team that will monitor and disrupt illicit tobacco.
    • Ideally, this funding will enable greater X-ray surveillance of imports from countries identified as potential sources of illicit tobacco.
    • New Zealand could also sign the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products to access international illicit supply data.

Illicit Market Continues to Grow in the EU, Largely Driven by Counterfeits in France, According to New Study by KPMG

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星期四, 六月 23, 2022
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The risk that more adult smokersespecially those among the lower-income populationturn to illicit trade is now significant.

Key Points: 
  • The risk that more adult smokersespecially those among the lower-income populationturn to illicit trade is now significant.
  • The KPMG report also shows that roughly half16 out of 27of the member states experienced declining or stable consumption of illicit cigarettes in 2021.
  • Among these countries, Poland saw one of the largest declines in illicit volumes, showing a 3.7 percentage point decrease in its share of illicit cigarette consumption.
  • We are convinced that consumers need to be incentivized so that they dont have to turn to illicit cigarettes.