THE DANGERS BEHIND ILLEGAL CIGARETTES
AFTER EFFECT
Ideal Solution
The move to increase cigarette prices and taxes, or to ban selling among certain group age is commendable, but not really the ideal solution. Instead, this plan could backfire as it might encourage them to turn to illegal cigarettes.
This has also put us at No.3 among 11 Asian countries, beating the likes of Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, UAE and many others in the world.
Contraband
Cigarettes that are smuggled from abroad without clearing domestic duties.
False Operation
Cigarettes that are manufactured without authorisation holder, intended to deceive consumers.
White smuggled cigarettes
Brands that are legally manufactured in one country, but smuggled and sold to others without paying duties.
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An estimation according to the Oxford Economics.
WHICH IS WORSE?
Cigarettes and illegal Cigarettes
All cigarettes are harmful, but illegal cigarettes are a whole new level. While we are made aware of the harms behind the burning of ingredients in a cigarette, there is literally nobody to check what is inside an illegal cigarette, or which ingredients are being used in the making of it.
It may contain unfiltered, uncontrolled, or prematurely processed ingredients, which could also possess higher levels of toxic components.
WHICH IS WORSE?
Harms From Smoking
The harms? Think of all the deadly diseases from smoking, such as lung, mouth, throat, breast or cologne cancer, and times them by two. Also on the plate are some sexual-related diseases, and even more frightening – hygienic issues.
Some illegal cigarettes, due to their nature of being improperly packed and stored, have been found to contain poisonous asbestos, mould, dust, dead flies, rat droppings and even human excrement; packaged with a whole new set of potentially fatal illnesses that might not even be found in the legal ones.
WHICH IS WORSE?
Quitting Permanently
Switching to illegal cigarettes does not really make you smarter – only stopping it altogether does! Alternatively, some smoke free products could be equally cheaper in a long term, and more importantly scientifically proven to be better than continuing to smoke cigarettes. Ultimately, quitting permanently is definitely smarter.
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One of the story involving cigarettes
Year 2019
https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2019/03/433658/jual-rokok-seludup-peniaga-didenda-rm100000
Year 2015
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/revealed-dangers-smoking-illegal-cigarettes-8935701
Year 2016
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Year 2015
https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2015/07/63148/racun-murah-rokok-seludup
Year 2021
https://premium.sinarharian.com.my/article/152919/karya-sinar-/tulis-nama-atas-batu/rokok-seludup-memang-murah-tapi-bahaya%20
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2017/04/16/minimum-fine-of-rm100000-proposed-for-illegal-cigarette-liquor-offences/1357525