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Callum Godde

'Pure insanity': tobacco tax hike fuelling black market

Tobacco Jacinta Allan Victoria Labor Police

Black market tobacco continues to flow into Australia to feed demand for low-priced cigarettes. (HANDOUT/AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE)

Victoria's tobacco black market is not running out of puff as soaring federal tax excise is blamed for stoking the flames.

A Labor-controlled inquiry estimated Victoria's tobacco market was worth $6 billion in 2023, as its report was tabled in state parliament on Thursday.

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