Again, I think you missed a few words in the article. It's an article about black market nicotine and the issues most countries have with controlling substances that are regulated.
Careful online though! With your interpretation of this news article, it seems you might easily be swayed by heavily biased or misleading information sources. Here is a good explainer of how to spot such things: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20250227STO27081/spotting-disinformation-six-tactics-used-to-fool-us