Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies ( IF 0.990 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-09 , DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2020.1818040 Jelena Budak 1 , Edo Rajh 1 , Goran Buturac 1 , Anamarija Brković 2
ABSTRACT
The Balkan route is historically a smuggling corridor, and tobacco illegal trade flourished during transition and conflicts at the end of the 20th century. This paper contributes to the scarce attitudinal studies and limited knowledge about the tobacco grey market by surveying the opinion of citizens in seven Western Balkan countries. The typology of citizens in the region reveals that the most repressive attitudes and opinion that curbing grey tobacco market will reduce smoking come from non-smokers and from citizens of countries that have no comparative advantages in the tobacco trade. The public awareness on the negative aspects of tobacco grey market, including its link to organized crime, is high enough for governments to undertake stricter measures in combating illegal tobacco trade.
中文翻译:
西巴尔干半岛的烟草灰色市场
摘要
巴尔干路线是历史悠久的走私走廊,并在20月底过渡和冲突期间烟草非法贸易兴盛个世纪。本文通过对七个巴尔干国家的公民的意见进行调查,为缺乏态度的研究和对烟草灰色市场的有限了解做出了贡献。该地区公民的类型表明,遏制灰色烟草市场将减少吸烟的最压制态度和观点来自非吸烟者和在烟草贸易中没有相对优势的国家的公民。公众对于烟草灰色市场的不利方面,包括与有组织犯罪的联系,的认识足以使各国政府采取更严格的措施打击非法烟草贸易。