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"We will actively pursue cases against anyone found selling counterfeit goods to help protect our residents from this and we hope this serves as a warning to anyone involved in the illegal tobacco trade

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If you buy cigarettes from anywhere other than a registered retailer, the risk of getting counterfeit products increases significantly

Simon Blackburn, chairman of the LGA's Safer and Stronger Communities Board, said: "The sale of cheap, illegal tobacco by rogue traders in shops, private homes and through social media is funding organised criminal gangs and damaging legitimate traders, as well as making it easier for young people to get hooked on smoking, which undermines councils' efforts to help people quit

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Both types cause the same basic problems: lost tax revenue for the government and potential harm to public health