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As Michael says: The packaging ban [now one year old] has also driven the business underground but in any case, soon after the ban the illegal factories were producing counterfeit cigarettes in plain packaging. Clearly, millions of people still want to smoke but dont want to pay 10-12 a pack, which traps the government in a curious double bind: it asks us not to smoke, but likes the tax take

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Each can contains about 20 pouches, and the average user is using one can of 6 mg pouches every two days, so youre talking (the equivalent) of over six packs of cigarettes every two days, said Bastin, who said its an ongoing battle to educate the public and dispel myths generated by the tobacco industry