User blog comment:Unownshipper/Flora and Fauna of Rapture/@comment-3967731-20131026213019/@comment-6024608-20131027035748

Theres alot of really crappy tobacco in the world and some really good stuff. There very well could still be Smuggling of the quality stuff (for the richer people) versus the harsh nicotene flavored mulch much of the real world stuff is (and what might be largely produced in environmentally challenged Rapture). Tobacco is also a bulky product (within 15 years of first growing it Jamestown Colony was exporting hundreds of tons of it per year)

Also remember that Fontaines criminal activities included stealing commodities (the stuff labeled Port Authority of Rapture) for resale  (which might have taken less effort and overhead  than sub voyages and running the blockade, etc...)

Testxyz (talk) 03:57, October 27, 2013 (UTC)