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28 August 2026

Australia's tobacco tax crushed smoking. Has it gone too far?

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Source reporting: abc.net.au

Australia's tobacco tax crushed smoking. Has it gone too far?

A decade ago, illegal cigarettes made up about 10 per cent of sales in Australia. Now it's 80 per cent, so how did we get here?

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