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11 months agoFrance struggles to stub out explosion' in contraband cigarettes
Outside a station in Pantin, a town that nudges up against Paris's north-eastern border, young men hollered cigarettes! at commuters.They flashed two or three packets of what looked like ordinary Malboros or Camels for 5 (4.35), about half the legal price.There are so many illegal cigarette sellers near stations, they're taking over the pavements, said a customer at a local bakery.