Illicit Tobacco News

Western Australia authorities are conducting a live blitz targeting illicit tobacco in barbershops and gift shops.

Daily smoking rates in Australia have fallen to a historic low of 5.6% last year, down from 8.3% two years prior, according to the AIHW's National Drug Strategy

Labor and public health experts have strongly criticized the Coalition's plan to cut tobacco excise by 80% and legalize vapes, arguing it would 'kill people' de

Mohammed Rajak states that shops selling illicit tobacco and vapes pose the biggest threat to his business.

A multi-agency strike force has dismantled a major crime ring allegedly responsible for importing $80 million worth of vapes and illicit tobacco.

Police report that "trusted insiders," including freight and warehouse workers, allegedly exploited their positions to smuggle multimillion-dollar vapes and ill

Authorities seized 113,000 illicit cigarettes in an east London raid on Heathway, which Barking and Dagenham Council described as one of its largest illegal tob