cigarette smuggling
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcigaretteandsmuggling
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cigarette
noun[C]
uk/ˌsɪɡ.ərˈet/us/ˈsɪɡ.ə.ret/
a small paper tube filled with cut pieces of tobacco that ...
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smuggling
noun[U]
uk/ˈsmʌɡ.lɪŋ/us/ˈsmʌɡ.lɪŋ/
the act or process of taking things or people to or from a place secretly and ...
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(Definition ofcigaretteandsmugglingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As regards the fight againstcigarettesmuggling, we must use all our law enforcement agencies.
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The purpose of his visit was to reach an accord on how to stopcigarettesmuggling.
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In practice the agreement has shown itself to be a highly effective instrument in the fight againstcigarettesmuggling.
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It is very important to fight againstcigarettesmuggling, because it does not only endanger our financial interests, but consumer health, too.
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The issue is now severely complicated by the continued growth ofcigarettesmuggling.
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Our aim is to putcigarettesmugglinginto decline within three years.
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We all have an interest in enhancing this cooperation and combatingcigarettesmuggling.
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The number of inquiries againstcigarettesmugglingeven increased in 1998, although the financial impact was lower than in the previous years.
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At the start of the 1990s, fraud involvingcigarettesmugglingwas found to be big business.
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Althoughcigarettesmugglinghas been an issue for a very long time, we are making progress on all kinds of fronts.
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The problem must be dealt with in the same way ascigarettesmuggling—by reducing duty and consequently removing the incentive for smuggling.
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I admit that, unlikecigarettesmuggling, fuel smuggling is primarily a regional problem for us.
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Fourthly, oncigarettesmuggling, agreements have now been concluded with four tobacco manufacturers.
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Criminals have used our seas in many ways to ply their evil trades, which include illegal trafficking in drugs andcigarettesmuggling.
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Let me repeat yet again, however, thatcigarettesmugglingremains a problem.
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Smuggling is at the centre of the problem, especiallycigarettesmuggling, which is not only serious but increasing greatly.
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Cigarettesmugglingis the best example.
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If we increase the price of cigarettes, as is proposed, then we shall, without question, increasecigarettesmugglingbecause we shall be making legal cigarettes more expensive than smuggled cigarettes.
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The cases of massive corruption in connection withcigarettesmugglingand other cases we have been reading about are things we thought had been consigned to history.
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Cigarettesmugglingis a case in point, where cigarettes have moved from low-tax to high-tax economies, causing terrible damage to health and, of course, also to finances.
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