It's been revealed that more than one in three smokers in parts of Devon are now smoking illegal tobacco.
The trade in the South West as a whole has an equivalent retail value of 211 million pounds.
Now a major multi agency campaign is getting underway as part of on going efforts to tackle the illegal tobacco trade in the region.
It's been launched by Smoke Free South West and involves Devon and Cornwall Police, Trading Standards, HMRC, local authorities and Crime Stoppers.
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Tourists to pay extra in South Devon car parks
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Rise in violence among girls in Plymouth
There are three hotspot areas in the city
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'There are just too many pieces of the jigsaw missing'
Council stands with farmers and writes to PM
It's a vindictive unfair approach to taxation" says member
£3 million of devolution cash for affordable North Devon homes
More than 80 homes will be delivered
