1. Whether it is illegal to buy 200 cigarettes at home depends on the actual situation. They are:

(1) As long as there is a tobacco monopoly license, it is not illegal to order cigarettes at the tobacco monopoly bureau and distribute them in a certain proportion;

(2) If cigarettes purchased from unknown sources are found for sale, they are suspected of illegal business operation and will be confiscated and fined.

2. Legal basis: Article 26 of the Regulations for the Implementation of People's Republic of China (PRC) Tobacco Monopoly Law.

Tobacco monopoly production enterprises and tobacco monopoly wholesale enterprises shall not provide tobacco products to units or individuals without tobacco monopoly retail licenses.

Article 225 of the Criminal Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The crime of illegal business operation violates the provisions of the state and commits one of the following illegal business operations, disrupting the market order, and if the circumstances are serious, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times for illegal gains or confiscation of property:

(a) operating a franchise or monopoly commodity or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission;

(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;

(four) other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order.

Second, what is the standard for filing the crime of illegal business operation?

1, the amount of salt illegally handled is more than 20 tons;

2. Having been given administrative punishment for illegal salt business for more than two times, and the amount of illegal salt business is more than ten tons;

3, the amount of illegal business is more than fifty thousand yuan, or the amount of illegal income is more than twenty thousand yuan;

4. Illegally handling more than 200,000 cigarettes.