The authors estimated 30.5 to 42.1 percent of packs were trafficked.[5] Figure 1: Cigarette Smuggling Rates by State (2012) Smuggling takes many forms: counterfeit state tax stamps, counterfeit versions of legitimate brands, hijacked trucks, or officials turning a blind eye.[6] The studys authors, LaFaive and Nesbit, cite examples of a Maryland police officer running illicit cigarettes while on duty, a Virginia man hiring a contract killer over a cigarette smuggling dispute, and prison guards caught smuggling cigarettes into prisons
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The tobacco blend, the size, the filter tip, the package, the carton and the advertising, a Reynolds spokesman said, were all designed to appeal to the woman smoker. Packaging innovations with a special appeal to women include a package that is half-way between the normal soft pack and a flip-top box, a self-locking flap that closes over the cigarettes to keep loose tobacco from falling out in purses, and embossing that gives the entire package the feel of a fabric cigarette case
Essentially the packaging was all heavy duty cardboard with only one styrofoam piece for holding the bases and other metal components
