Victorian businesses selling tobacco to soon be slugged up to $1500

Victorian businesses selling tobacco to soon be slugged up to $1500

Victorian businesses could soon be slugged up to $1500 a year to sell tobacco, 9News can reveal.In the latest bid to stem the turf war, every shop wanting to sell smokes will soon need a licence, with Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas saying work is under way to develop them.The new licences won't come cheap, with the government proposing application and yearly renewal fees of between $1100 and $1490 per shop, and the industry is not impressed.…

USA: Retailers will soon need a licence to sell cigarettes. But more is needed to control the illegal trade - African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA)

BY: Coral Gartner, Hollie Bendotti, Kylie Morphett, Michaela Estelle Okninski Dubbed “the tobacco wars”, the illegal trade in untaxed tobacco products is reportedly booming in Australia. Some people see buying these cheap cigarettes as a way to save money. But as this week’s ABC Four Corners reported, it comes at great cost to the community, with fire-bombings, murder, serious crimes funded by illegal sales and a loss of crucial government fundi…