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'Cherrypicking': doubt over Labor's chosen smoking data

'Cherrypicking': doubt over Labor's chosen smoking data

A survey that claims to show smoking rates declining, despite an explosion in black market tobacco, may have understated the true figure.

Retailers risk jail for cheap cigarettes under new laws

Retailers risk jail for cheap cigarettes under new laws

Retailers risk jail for cheap cigarettes under new laws

Retailers risk jail for cheap cigarettes under new laws

Selling cheap or concealed cigarettes could be enough to land retailers in hot water under proposed laws aimed at smashing the illegal tobacco trade.

Gang violence fuels calls for action on cigarette tax

Gang violence fuels calls for action on cigarette tax

Gang violence fuels calls for action on cigarette tax

Gang violence fuels calls for action on cigarette tax

The federal government is coming under increased pressure to act on links between the tobacco excise and a thriving black market fuelling organised crime.

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'Selfish race': former cop skeptical on tobacco tax cut

'Selfish race': former cop skeptical on tobacco tax cut

A retired police veteran has suggested most smokers will still reach for a pack of illegal cigarettes if legal alternatives are made cheaper.

Taxes, toddlers, tobacco and top-ups in the crosshairs

Taxes, toddlers, tobacco and top-ups in the crosshairs

Social media controls and childcare funding will be on the parliamentary agenda as several major bills come up for debate.

'No brainer': tobacco tax-cut idea could crush crime

'No brainer': tobacco tax-cut idea could crush crime

An economist has joined the call for a drastic cut to the tobacco excise, as the coalition pledges to slash the tax by 80 per cent.

Tobacco kingpin's tasker jailed over rival arson jobs

Tobacco kingpin's tasker jailed over rival arson jobs

A lieutenant to an illicit tobacco kingpin, who organised and executed arsons and thefts on his behalf, has been jailed for his extremely serious offending.

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Tobacco laws a 'Christmas present' for crime networks

Tobacco laws a 'Christmas present' for crime networks

Tobacco laws a 'Christmas present' for crime networks

Tobacco laws a 'Christmas present' for crime networks

A former Australian Border Force officer says Labor has acknowledged the growing black market tobacco trade but is failing to act in light of another report.

Tobacco kingpin's arson tasker says he's changed

Tobacco kingpin's arson tasker says he's changed

Tobacco kingpin's arson tasker says he's changed

Tobacco kingpin's arson tasker says he's changed

A judge has been urged to consider a tobacco arson ringleader's exceptional rehabilitation when sentencing him for a spate of organised crime firebombings.

Call for tobacco tax to be cut as crims control market

Call for tobacco tax to be cut as crims control market

Call for tobacco tax to be cut as crims control market

Call for tobacco tax to be cut as crims control market

Australia's tax imposed on tobacco should be drastically slashed in a bid to disrupt the business model of organised crime, coalition politicians say.

Hanson's tobacco tax cut backed as black market thrives

Hanson's tobacco tax cut backed as black market thrives

Hanson's tobacco tax cut backed as black market thrives

Hanson's tobacco tax cut backed as black market thrives

One Nation is pledging to slash the tobacco excise by 75 per cent, which an expert predicts could spark a crackdown on the illicit cigarette trade.

'We're coming': police launch illegal tobacco crackdown

'We're coming': police launch illegal tobacco crackdown

'We're coming': police launch illegal tobacco crackdown

'We're coming': police launch illegal tobacco crackdown

Federal agencies have launched a nationwide crackdown on the sale and supply of illegal tobacco, as more than 100 service stations are raided.

'It's not working': premier wants ciggy tax stubbed out

'It's not working': premier wants ciggy tax stubbed out

'It's not working': premier wants ciggy tax stubbed out

'It's not working': premier wants ciggy tax stubbed out

A Labor leader is urging a rethink on tobacco taxes, while a law enforcement expert warns the war on illicit smokes must be coupled with lowering the excise.

Fewer daily smokers, but black market battle rages on

Fewer daily smokers, but black market battle rages on

Fewer daily smokers, but black market battle rages on

Fewer daily smokers, but black market battle rages on

The number of Australians smoking daily has more than halved in two decades, but experts fear illicit nicotine users are consuming more of it.

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Tobacco wars flare in city after ram-raid, fires

Tobacco wars in an Australian capital have reignited after criminals rammed a tobacco shop and set it alight.

Tobacco tax cut lit up as black market trade 'solution'

A state government minister has conceded tobacco tax is fuelling rampant illegal trade as his federal Labor counterpart denies a cut would be a silver bullet.

New data lights up enormity of tobacco black market

New wastewater analysis of nicotine consumption in Australia shows black market tobacco makes up a much larger share of sales than previously thought.

Three charged as $3 million worth of cigarettes seized

Two men and a woman have been arrested and more than a million illegal cigarettes seized in a police operation targeting the tobacco black market.

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'Nightmare scenario': illegal tobacco impact laid bare

Legitimate tobacco retailers say tax hikes have led to illicit sales decimating their income, with the legal market destined to be wiped out.

Tobacco giant asks Senate to make cigarettes cheaper

Philip Morris' appearance before a Senate committee this week has been likened to "inviting mosquitoes into a hearing on malaria" by public health advocates.

Backlash over secret Senate hearing for tobacco giants

The federal government is asking what the coalition has to hide, after it was sprung offering a private hearing to tobacco giant Philip Morris.

Excise cut could fuel violence, illicit cigs tsar says

Black market tobacco outweighs legal sales in Australia, but lowering the excise alone would not drive smokers off dodgy darts, Australian Border Force says.

Crime fighting plan revealed as brawling teens charged

Police officers are set to be freed from their desks as a state pledges $80 million for new crime fighting measures while four brawling teens have been charged.

War on illegal tobacco needs more 'boots on the ground'

Huge enforcement gaps between jurisdictions mean illicit cigarettes and tobacco products are still too easy to access, experts warn.

'Mixed message': financial hurdle to quitting smoking

A thriving illegal tobacco market is making it cheaper for some people to keep smoking than quit, prompting calls for more affordable nicotine replacements.

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