How much do black market cigarettes cost?

 

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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.

Featuring: Jacob Shteyman (AAP Federal Politics & Economics Reporter)

Presenter - Noah Secomb
Producer - Martin Davies

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