21.   The stage was set in Antwerp because it is one of the main distribution hubs for American cigarettes.

22.   Two recent seizures of smuggled American cigarettes highlight the problem in Europe.

23.   Vladimir Lokotsky likes American blue jeans, American cigarettes, and American rock music.

24.   American cigarettes were used as currency because the Reichsmark was virtually worthless.

25.   Billboards around town advertise German cars, American cigarettes and Czech beer.

26.   But a global strategy means more than just looking for new places to sell American tobacco and American cigarettes.

27.   Experts estimate that one-fourth of all American cigarettes sold in Europe go through the smuggling rings, the Times said.

28.   Fathi said the smuggled American cigarettes were even more of a health hazard than normal cigarettes because they had been hidden in unhygienic places inside cargo vessels.

29.   Fathi said the smuggled American cigarettes were even more of a health hazard than other cigarettes because they had been hidden in unhygienic places inside cargo vessels.

30.   European authorities say tobacco companies sell American cigarettes to traders who resell them on the black market at discounted prices without paying local taxes.