A former Australian Federal Police detective highlights the rise of violent organised crime in the illicit tobacco trade, links it to New Zealand's high tax prices and enforcement gaps, and warns that unchecked market access is undermining public health efforts.
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So what's the sweet spot? Simply a government lowering the tax to a point where it's acceptable and then the health industry go nuts and go, oh no, everyone's going to start smoking again. In other words, we get to a point where there's a... There's a percentage of the population who smoke rightly or wrongly, good or bad, and the gangs go away because it's no longer profitable to do what they do. Is that the answer or not?
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