The legislation, which aims to make it easier to prosecute those involved in the illicit tobacco trade, is more of the same: punitive, but still not effective.
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New research analysing a rare heroin drought offers lessons as Australian states try to crack down on illegal tobacco.
As a dried plant product, illegal tobacco is a biosecurity risk in its own right. With tonnes of it arriving undetected, these tiny pests may be hitchhiking in too.
The illicit market has reached the point where it is significantly distorting the national accounts.
South Australian landlords who turn a blind eye on illegal tobacco can now be fined, while Queensland is proposing bigger fines and even a year in jail.
South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved.
All you need to know about illegal cigarettes and tobacco.
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Associate Professor and Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Biosecurity and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Global Engagement, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor, Genomics and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Bond University; Murdoch University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Biosecurity and One Health, Murdoch University
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Professor, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney; UNSW
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UQ Amplify Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Senior Principal Social Scientist - Law Research, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University