Illicit tobacco trade flourishing in Canterbury-Bankstown, where there are higher than average smoking rates
THE Canterbury-Bankstown area is a hotspot for the illegal tobacco trade because smoking rates are higher in lower socio-economic areas.
The tobacco industry says the latest 12.5 per cent tobacco excise increase will only fuel the growth of black market trade.
But Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash has described the claims as “scaremongering by cigarette giants”.
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