M Tobacco Group is a family-owned company based in Bulgaria and Romania, with a 30-year tradition of trading and producing high-quality products for the tobacco and cigarette industry. Currently, the group focuses on developing a wide range of products for roll-your-own and make-your-own tobacco, including rolling papers, filter tips, cigarette tubes, paper rolls, smoking accessories, and sells in over 70 markets worldwide.
An obvious correlation exists between the highest levels of illegal and non-domestic consumption (e.g. France, UK, Ireland, Poland and Finland) and the highest taxation rates applied to fine-cut toconsbacco, in comparison with cigarettes. The figures clearly show that any alignment of tobacco taxation, regardless of the products’ specificities, will prevent fine-cut tobacco from fulfilling its buffer function, leading to increased illegal trade of cigarettes and driving down government revenues.
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