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The cost of cigarettes, measured by the share of gross domestic product per capita needed to buy 2,000 individual cigarettes of the most popular brand, fell in 14 out of 27 EU countries over the decade from 2014 to 2024, according to the WHOs Global Tobacco Epidemic report published Monday

Because black markets operate outside of the legal framework that provides for protection of property, enforcement of contracts, etc., the participants perform these functions themselves

But to be clear, there must be a very high bar on what personal products get banned for health and safety reasons yes, second hand cigarette smoke is bad, but that problem was largely solved by banning smoking from all public and workplaces