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Jin Ling, a brand of cigarettes which is not legally available in Germany, has now become one of the most popular smokes in the country, SPIEGEL has learned.
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Experts believe that the Jin Ling brand, which is smuggled in from Eastern Europe, is now the eighth most-smoked cigarette in Germany. In Berlin, it is even the second most-popular brand.
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Cigarette smuggling is booming in Germany. In this April 7 photo, barrels of hazardous chemicals are searched for smuggled cigarettes after bootleg smokes were found in a barrel during a routine check on the German-Polish border.
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A German customs official shows a hiding place for smuggled cigarettes in a Polish car.
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According to figures from the German Cigarette Association (DZV), 22.5 billion untaxed cigarettes were smoked in Germany in 2008, of which around two-thirds were smuggled, compared to the 88 billion cigarettes which were legally purchased and smoked.
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