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Illicit Tobacco Products 'Brazenly Sold' Across Auckland

Illicit tobacco products sold at less than half the excise tax have caused a 75% drop in legal sales, with Customs seizing 11.1 million illegal cigarettes in 2025.

Summary by Otago Daily Times
Black market cigarettes are being brazenly sold at heavily discounted prices in Auckland, undermining one of the biggest barriers to smoking

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Illicit tobacco products 'brazenly sold' across Auckland

Black market cigarettes are being brazenly sold at heavily discounted prices in Auckland, undermining one of the biggest barriers to smoking

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Illicit tobacco products readily available in Auckland

Black market cigarettes are being brazenly sold at heavily discounted prices in Auckland, undermining one of the biggest barriers to smoking

·New Zealand
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RNZ broke the news in New Zealand on Sunday, March 29, 2026.
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