A recent study by a reputed research organisation Euromonitor claims that India is sixth largest illicit cigarettes market in the world and about 16% of products of tobacco industry is illegitimate. These cigarettes evade the payment of excise VAT customs or any other applicable taxes and are thus cheaply and attractively priced says the study conducted by reputed research organisation Euromonitor that has a presence in 80 countries. The official figures suggest that there was a drop in manufacturing from 109 billion sticks in 2006-07 to 101 billion in 2010-11. In stark contrast the illegal industry has grown to about