Double Happiness Cigarettes
In this Melbourne CBD Cignall store, Yousef Eideh sells packs of illicit cigarettes at a fraction of the Australian price. He says it's a small part of an illegal black market that costs taxpayers hundreds of millions in lost excise revenue each year. Cigarette packs were coded by two independent coders for text and imagery relating to traditional Chinese wedding symbols. The most common appeal was 'double happiness', found on 56 packs (82.4%), followed by 'dragon and phoenix', which appeared on 12 packs (17.6%). Origins There are a few brands of cigarettes that are sold under the Double Happiness name in the United States. These are not approved for sale in Iowa and may be subject to penalties if sold here. These cigarettes are manufactured by Nanyang Tobacco Company Limited in Hong Kong. The manufacturer information is specified on the back panel of each cigarette pack. In Chinese culture, the number 8 is considered to be very lucky. The number is often ...