Editor’s Note: The highly elevated health hazards of counterfeit cigarettes have caught the attention of the plaintiffs bar. However, it is difficult to collect from transnational criminal organizations. Could the plaintiffs bar be concocting a new scheme for suing name brand tobacco companies?
Toxic Black-Market Cigarettes Fuel Mesothelioma Concerns
The Australian government’s plan to see around 300,000 people quit smoking by 2020 has backfired. . . .
From: LegalScoops.com
Black Market Cigarettes in Australia Raise Mesothelioma Concerns
By Jacob Maslow
The Australian government in 2016 raised taxes on cigarettes, hiking prices to $40 a pack by 2020. The tax hike was intended to encourage more Australians to quit smoking, but the initiative may cause more harm than good, experts fear. . . .
