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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The latest round of excise increases on tobacco products was introduced September 1, with The Alliance of Australian Retailers (AAR) expressing concern that retailers operating legitimate small businesses are hurting while criminal...
