‘Smash the black market’: Coalition takes aim at Labor’s tobacco tax disaster

By Sky News Australia

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News24 host Chris Kenny says the Coalition’s plan to slash tobacco excise by 80 per cent and legalise vapes is designed to undercut the booming illegal tobacco trade. “The Coalition's big policy announcement today is about trying to get rid of the illegal tobacco trade. “The black-market tobacco sprung up because cigarettes are so expensive."

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