Illicit tobacco dealers will continue to cash in on selling dodgy products to unsuspecting Australians despite the Federal Government’s planned changes to tobacco laws, the Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has warned. AACS CEO Theo Foukkare said the organisation’s 6500 member stores supported measures to reduce smoking rates in Australia. The changes announced by Health Minister Mark Butler today will only fuel the black market that has limited health outcomes by flooding Australia with cheap, unregulated products. “The illegal tobacco black market is booming because there’s next to no enforcement on the ground in stopping what’s known as ‘chop-chop’ and cheap imported bra... [Read more]