The government’s latest 5% tobacco tax hike has pushed legal smokes to $53 a pack — with $30 of that pure tax. But while Canberra cheers, the black market is booming, selling packs for as little as $7.50.

Brent breaks down how this so-called “health policy” has turned into an organised crime windfall:
Legal sales crash, illegal sales surge.
Tax revenue halves while nicotine use goes up.
Crime gangs now control nearly half the cigarette market — and climbing.

So, who’s really addicted — smokers, or politicians hooked on a tax that no longer works?

 Tune in for the full takedown — and the blunt truth about why this fight is already lost.