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A sizable literature of peer-reviewed academic studies supports these observations.[11] A 2017 study published in Public Finance Review provides the academic theory and estimates for how tax rates affect smuggling, highlighting that easily transportable goods (e.g., cigarettes) will be attractive cross-border shopping items.[12] A 2018 study published in the same journal supported those findings by examining littered packs of cigarettes across 132 communities in 38 states, finding that 21 percent of packs did not have proper local stamps.[13] In addition to high taxes, the study found that bans on flavored cigarettes in Massachusetts and California have sent smuggling to new heights

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Sign Up About the Author Cristina Enache writes on the economics of tax policy and is the author of the Spanish Regional Tax Competitiveness Index