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Tobacco Grey Market in the Western Balkans

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  • Jelena Budak
  • Edo Rajh
  • Goran Buturac
  • Anamarija Brković

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The Balkan route is historically a smuggling corridor, and tobacco illegal trade flourished during transition and conflicts at the end of the 20th century. This paper contributes to the scarce attitudinal studies and limited knowledge about the tobacco grey market by surveying the opinion of citizens in seven Western Balkan countries. The typology of citizens in the region reveals that the most repressive attitudes and opinion that curbing grey tobacco market will reduce smoking come from non-smokers and from citizens of countries that have no comparative advantages in the tobacco trade. The public awareness on the negative aspects of tobacco grey market, including its link to organized crime, is high enough for governments to undertake stricter measures in combating illegal tobacco trade.

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  • Jelena Budak & Edo Rajh & Goran Buturac & Anamarija Brković, 2021. "Tobacco Grey Market in the Western Balkans," Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 62-77, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjsbxx:v:23:y:2021:i:1:p:62-77
    DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2020.1818040
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