Australia’s position as the most expensive place in the developed world to buy cigarettes has been reinforced, and regular ...

As well as his affiliations with Bond University and Murdoch University, Dr Lotti Tajouri is a member of the Dubai Police Scientists Council. Rob Emery and Simon McKirdy do not work for, consult, own ...

Australian crime syndicates are using fake plain packaging — mass produced overseas — to legitimise illicit tobacco and flood the legal market with knock-offs.

India's recent steep cigarette tax hike has triggered immediate chaos, with prices soaring and supplies dwindling. Retailers are struggling, and consumers face inflated costs. This mirrors global ...

New York City’s nation-leading cigarette taxes have pushed pack prices into the $14 range—and pushed consumers into the black market. Evidence from littered-pack studies shows most cigarettes smoked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia's tobacco commissioner has faced scrutiny over claims that changes to the cigarette excise would not curb the illegal ...

A major Australian retailer forecasts 90 per cent of cigarettes will be illegally sourced within a few years unless the government reduces the tobacco excise. Ritchies IGA, which operates 156 ...

A major Australian retailer forecasts 90 per cent of cigarettes will be illegally sourced within a few years unless the government reduces the tobacco excise. Ritchies IGA, which operates 156 ...

A Sydney woman was abducted, tortured and injected with a “date rape” drug in a terrifying escalation in the ...

The findings represent a major intervention in the spiralling policy disaster from the Ai Group and come as a refreshed Liberal Party plans to take the fight to Labor on illegal tobacco, with Angus ...

Victoria is the only major state in Australia without closure powers for shops caught selling illicit tobacco.