Tag: Tobacco

Experimentation tipped to escalate e-cigarette consumption

Consumer insight firm Canadean says fun and flavour experimentation are key elements driving tobacco innovation, paving the way for the e-cigarette market to grow. The company’s latest report claims that 55 per cent...

ACCC takes action against e-cigarette suppliers

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges two e-cigarette online retailers made false or misleading representations and engaged in misleading conduct by making statements on their websites that their e-cigarette products did...

AAR calls for stop to illegal tobacco

The Alliance of Australian Retailers (AAR) has called on the federal Government to stop the tobacco black market. The AAR says that four planned hikes of 12.5 per cent in tobacco excise taxes,...

One in seven cigarettes consumed last year was illicit

The latest report by KPMG estimating the size and value of the illegal tobacco trade in Australia found that 14 per cent of total tobacco consumption in 2015 was illegal. KPMG estimates that...

Tobacco industry questions plain packaging review

The Federal Department of Health’s long anticipated Post-Implementation Review (PIR) into plain tobacco packaging has been widely dismissed by tobacco manufacturers as lacking in conclusive evidence. Released on Friday, February 26, the Federal...

New e-cigarette legislation in effect

An official ban on the advertising and display of e-cigarettes and accessories is now in effect in NSW. Introduced as law on December 1, the ban prohibits retailers from advertising or promoting e-cigarettes...

Taskforce to crack down on illicit tobacco

The Australian Border Force will set up a dedicated taskforce to target and stop the growing problem of illicit tobacco being smuggled into the country. The establishment of a ‘strike team’ comes in...

Illicit tobacco seized

A joint operation between the Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force, Australian Border Force and the Australian Crime Commission has seized more than nine million illicit cigarettes and tobacco at Port Botany...
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