If you’re a smoker it’s probably somewhere in the ballpark of $15.

But even non-smokers are paying for the missed tax on legal cigarettes.

With the ever-increasing tobacco excise pushing up the cost of cigarettes past $50 a pack, is it any wonder that the illicit tobacco trade is rapidly growing as tax income from tobacco is falling.

Presenter - Noah Secomb
Producer -  Martin Davies

If you&rsquo;re a smoker it&rsquo;s probably somewhere in the ballpark of $15.
But even non-smokers are paying for the missed tax on legal cigarettes.
With the ever-increasing tobacco excise pushing up the cost of cigarettes past $50 a pack, is it any wonder that the illicit tobacco trade is rapidly growing as tax income from tobacco is falling.
Presenter - Noah Secomb Producer -&nbsp; Martin Davies

Vital community issues within Australia, that travel from community to parliament or in the other direction, but always including how they are playing out with community media. This weekly podcast is presented by the Community Radio sector's Political Reporter, Noah Secomb. 

Vital community issues within Australia, that travel from community to parliament or in the other direction, but always including how they are playing out with community media. This weekly podcast is presented by the Community Radio sector's Political Reporter, Noah Secomb.&nbsp;

From Pillar to Post

Pillar to Post, the Australian podcast that takes community issues to listeners, politicians, and practitioners, who place content at the heart of their community. 

Pillar to Post, the Australian podcast that takes community issues to listeners, politicians, and practitioners, who place content at the heart of their community.&nbsp;