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With the rise in the price of tobacco, more and more smokers are buying on the parallel market. In France, one packet in five is not bought at the tobacconist. Duty free, online shopping, but also an illegal vein that is growing: counterfeit cigarettes. This traffic goes far beyond Paris. These fake cigarettes are sold under the counter in all the major French cities. The major brands are happily copied. Same packet, same logo, same health message... Everything is identical, except the tobacco. These counterfeits are produced by the billions in China, in clandestine underground factories. These fake cigarettes are much more toxic: laboratories have found insect excrement, coal and even pieces of plastic in them. - Follow us on social media: Facebook: / investigationsenquetes