Researchers have found that counterfeit cigarettes can have as much as seven times the lead of authentic brands and close to three times as much thallium, a toxic heavy metal.[15] Other sources report finding insect eggs, dead flies, mold, and human feces in counterfeit cigarettes.[16] During the prohibition of alcohol in the United States during the 1920s, increased enforcement failed to significantly decrease the prevalence of bootlegging because the profit margins were so large, and the distribution networks sophisticated
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Fatima El-Awa from the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean of the World Health Organization
The governments consumer price index soared 9.1% over the past year, the biggest yearly increase since 1981, with nearly half of the increase due to higher energy costs
