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Traditionally illegal tobacco products are foreign labelled brands, sold under the counter at discounted rates, the council said

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Adding to the problem is the ubiquity of black-market vaping products, many of which skirt regulatory control through online sourcing or unregulated distribution channels

Talking with The Business Standard ABM Zubair, executive director of anti-tobacco campaigner PROGGA, said they want the revenue authorities to slap an equal rate of supplementary duty on all segments of cigarettes for the sake of public health