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Preventing and Reducing Illicit Tobacco Trade in the United States

This report was created in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health. The purpose of the report is to provide a brief assessment of illicit tobacco trade in the United States and options at different levels of government for preventing and reducing these tax avoidance and evasion activities.

December 2015

Location(s): North America, U.S.

Content Type: Report

Topic(s): Economic impacts of tobacco control, Supply-side issues and interventions, Tax avoidance and evasion

Authors(s): Frank J. Chaloupka, Ph.D., Sarah M. Edwards, Hana Ross, Ph.D., Megan C. Diaz, Marin Kurti, Xin Xu, Michael Pesko, Ph.D., MA, David Merriman, Ph.D., Hillary R. DeLong

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