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Creating a new illegal drug market.
Honestly, tobaco is pretty crap as a recreational drug. It would surprise me if non-smokers would go out of their way to get black market cigarettes like they would with alcohol if it got banned.
There already is a cigarette black market for cheaper imported cigs atleast in my country.
But that's people who are already addicted. I doubt anyone is going to the black market to try tobacco.
I did. My first cig was from the black market.
there's a black market in Australia, but it's very small and penalties for suppliers are so high there's barely any incentive to run it, with a dwindling customer base
Do u not think that a factor of that is that people are still able to get cigs legally, even if they r expensive.