“…Existing studies either deal with more general issues, such as product piracy (Chow, 2003;Hung, 2003;Mertha, 2005), or with more specific issues such as the complicity between particular tobacco corporations and cigarette smugglers (Lee, Gilmore, & Collin, 2004;Lee & Collin, 2006). Likewise, cigarette trafficking has received surprisingly little attention in discussions of organized and transnational crime relating to China (Chin & Godson, 2006;Chu, 2002;Curtis, Elan, Hudson, & Kollars, 2003;Lintner, 2004;Lo, 2008;Wang, 2011). Accordingly, no comprehensive understanding exists of China's role in the illegal cigarette trade.…”