Nicotine Products

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  Belgium busts big illicit cigarette production network

  Customs officers discovered cigarettes as well as tonnes of tobacco, cigarette filters, empty packs and glue.

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  UK parliamentary illicit trade group is discontinued

  APPG has decided it will not be renewed, but will continue to monitor the government's work in this area.

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  OECD says fakes make up 2.5 per cent of global trade

  Update to the highly cited figures show that the trade in counterfeit/pirated goods "has remained significant."

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  Russia's Chestny ZNAK offers prizes for scanning codes

  Russia tries to boost scanning rates for its product coding system by offering a 1m-rouble jackpot to consumers.

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  One in 10 EU consumers bought fakes in 2020; report

  Another third of Europeans wondered whether a product they had bought was original, according to the EUIPO study.

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  Putin signs law boosting penalties for unlabelled drugs, tobacco

  Legislation sets fines for individuals and companies putting unmarked products on the market.

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