Hong Kong customs officers have seized HK$222 million (US$28.3 million) worth of black-market cigarettes in a crackdown on a newly established smuggling syndicate, marking their biggest single seizure of the contraband since records began more than two decades ago.
The share of illicit cigarettes in total cigarette consumption in Poland reached a historic low at 4.9 percent in 2021, tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI) has said, quoting a report by consultancy firm KPMG.
Readers call on the new administration to curb the black market in cigarettes and hasten the entry of foreign-trained doctors, and also warn of an economic recession ahead.