In 2013, I was buying cartons of Marlboro Reds in the Republic of Georgia for $6. Smuggling them over here is easy. They're not illegal drugs. You don't have dogs at customs sniffing them out.
I’ve crossed into Canada where you can bring 1 carton per person with you. In NJ we have an average of 15,000 foreigners landing here every day (by my estimates) to get on the dole, so figure how many of their relatives’ bodegas/Quik-E-Marts end up with all of those cartons...