In the black market for tobacco products and on taxation, they focus on a new EPICenter survey, which publishes the Center for Liberal Studies. According to the authors of the report, “the increase in tobacco taxes in Europe exacerbates the corresponding black market. Specifically, for each additional euro in the price of tobacco due to increased taxation, black market share is increased by 5-12%, with, among other things, increasing taxation not leading to a corresponding increase in state revenue but to the support of criminal organizations. “

In Greece in particular, “the fourth highest (25%) black market is recorded in black and smooth tobacco markets among the study countries. This high percentage is not solely due to the price of the tobacco products and their access, namely their price and income relationship, “estimates this report, which lists other potential factors, such as” tax culture, the weakness of state institutions, the imposition of state institutions Prices’.