JTI RESEARCH: £9.3 BILLION LOST TO ILLEGAL TOBACCO, BUT LOCAL COUNCILS REFUSE TO ACT

JTI United Kingdom England

At least 9 councils nationwide conducted 0 investigations and had 0 prosecutions for illegal or counterfeit tobacco from 2018 to 2022.Over this five-year period, Rochdale, Havering, and Kingston upon Thames were amongst the councils refusing to act.Some councils, such as Hull, carried out over 249 investigations in the same time period, resulting in 53 criminal prosecutions.HMRC estimate that since 2018, £9.3 billion in tax revenue1 has been lost due to illegal tobacco to cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco.View original content:https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/jti-research-9-3-billion-lost-to-illegal-tobacco-but-local-councils-refuse-to-act-301994941.html