Nicotine pouches marketed with fruit and confectionery flavours such as mint,watermelon and gummy bears are being illegally imported into Australia.
Victoria’s new tobacco licensing laws must have strict character tests,a dedicated task force and massive fines to avoid being a toothless tiger at stopping the state’s underground turf war,the industry has warned.
Six members of an alleged tobacco importation syndicate have been charged after early morning raids and the seizure of 10 million illicit cigarettes.
The Haddaras are losing out in the fight for control of the illicit tobacco trade as a challenger emerges with a loyal crew who will stop at nothing.
“Hotties”,a slang term used by Melbourne’s underworld to describe a stolen car,have become a crucial ingredient in serious criminal offending,whether it’s burning up a tobacco shop or turning a gun on an enemy.
Illegal tobacco sales have been linked to dozens of firebombings,and new analysis has sparked fears the e-cigarette industry could also become a cash cow for criminals.
Two years after his conviction,investigators still tracking the man’s financial activities suspected that the value of his assets far outweighed his income.
Malaysia’s government have been accused of caving into big tobacco and the vaping industry after unwinding plans to ban future generations from smoking.
A new counterculture is seeing people push back against the industries that are harming our health.
Health authorities are keeping a close eye on a new type of nicotine product making its way into Australia.
Boxes stacked high in a fully laden shipping container. The Manchester brand looks legitimate,proclaiming itself the “house of quality”,but it is all a ruse.