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Allanah Sciberras

Heat on tobacco crackdown as firebombing flares again

A tobacco store in Fitzroy North has been set alight in an overnight arson attack. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Businesses in a major city will continue to be targeted by arson attacks if authorities rely on reactive measures to tackle the booming illicit tobacco trade, an expert warns.

A spate of firebombings has swept through Melbourne over the past week, the most recent in Fitzroy North on Monday morning.

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