From: The Huffington Post
Yaël Ossowski, Journalist and NGO Director
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After implementing plain packaging in 2015, Australia has seen a huge increase in tobacco smuggling and illicit trade. More than that, “black market tobacco leaf and cigarettes are now as profitable as narcotics,” according to the Daily Telegraph.
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Considering how lucrative it’s become, the Australian Border Force just last year labeled the illegal tobacco trade a “national security risk” which could help fund terrorism.
