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A new study reveals a growing storm at Uganda’s borders—an underground cigarette smuggling industry now costing the nation over UShs 30 billion every year. Illicit tobacco trade has surged across East Africa, with 34% of cigarettes sold in Uganda now illegal. As jobs vanish and public service funding shrinks, experts are calling for an urgent crackdown. “This is not just about cigarettes,” warns BAT Uganda’s Arthur Bagenze. “It’s about lost livelihoods, weakened public trust, and criminal networks thriving where governments fail to act.”