The risk of using a website that sells international cigarettes.

The secret package of Korean cigarettes

Are international smokers in the US willing to pay the domestic price of cigarettes?  No.

There are numerous websites that sell cigarettes from foreign countries.

I won’t mention specific websites, but it’s so easy to find those online and the transaction is so easy through online payment as well.

Those international websites set the price at their cheaper domestic price (about $3 for a pack cigarettes) and ship their products, in the packaging of chocolate pies or other snacks.

Their cigarettes are usually from South Korea, China and South-East Asian countries, yet the shipment is domestic, usually from New York.  I guess they have warehouses in the US to manage their distribution costs.

But the description of the packages does not say they are cigarettes, because that type of business is part of a grey zone.

Technically, to import international cigarettes not for commercial purposes is legal in the US.  You can purchase small amounts (less than 10 cartons) of those cheap cigarettes for your own use.

However, lots of those websites are not authorized to do those businesses, so you might be in trouble if you get caught.

As the price of cigarettes increases more, availability of illegal cigarettes increases more.

Survival of smokers in the world “Global Tobacco Elimination” is harder and harder.

Are you willing to take a risk to violate the law, to die sooner?  Come on, you are better than that.