Prices and Illicit Trade of Cigarettes in the European Union: A Cross-sectional Analysis

Introduction Within the context of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products and the impending revision of the European Union (EU) directive on tobacco excise rules we assessed whether cigarettes price is linked to being offered illicit cigarettes. Methods We combined data being offered illicit cigarettes from the 2015 Special Eurobarometer Survey on Illicit...