From: Vice (Australia)
As well as any other slightly dodgy sources of cheap tobacco you’re relying on due to steep price hikes in recent years.
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That’s not all. In July this year, the Government will enable the creation of an Illicit Tobacco Task Force, which will target organised tobacco smuggling. According to the Budget papers, this new body will build on the already-strong powers of the Australian Border Force, and its additional capabilities will “enhance intelligence gathering and proactively target, disrupt and prosecute serious and organised crime groups at the centre of the illicit tobacco trade.”
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VICE taste tested the four most popular kinds of shitty homegrown tobacco last year. Although come to think of it, none of them were even remotely good. Maybe this crackdown is actually for the best? Cuban cigars for all.
