Cigarette pack codes to tackle illicit trade

Four of the big players in the Irish market — JTI (Japan Tobacco International), Imperial Tobacco, British American Tobacco and Philip Morris International — are to fund the “Codentify” system which will track packets from their production base to the end user.
It will allow Customs officers armed with smart phone apps to immediately tell the difference between products destined to be legally sold on the Irish market and contraband.