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Sarah Spina-Matthews and Noah Secomb

Hanson's tobacco tax cut backed as black market thrives

One Nation is urging the government to slash tobacco taxes in order to kill off the black market. (Sam Mooy/AAP PHOTOS)

Criminals could seize Australia's entire tobacco market within a year without drastic and urgent government action, an expert warns.

Rohan Pike, who founded the Australian Border Force's tobacco strike team, welcomed One Nation's pledge to cut tobacco excise by 75 per cent, returning it to a similar rate in 2015.

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