The Tobacco Economy: Research on the routes, prices and tastes of the parallel cigarette trade in Marseille

A book that maps the tobacco economy in Marseille. An informal economy that runs on its own logics of price, quality and circulation. What determines the taste of a cigarette in this system: the length of the journey, the reputation of the country of origin, its economy, the storage conditions during transport. The book documents all of it. Research on the supply circuits, the prices, the flows. Interviews with the sellers, with those who regularly smoke these cigarettes. And between the pages, inserts in different formats. The work is ongoing. The structure of the book is being built as the research advances.