https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/508946/smokescreen-expert-rubbishes-govt-claim-of-black-market-over-smokefree-legislation The claim of a rising black market was also used by the tobacco industry.
Bullen said the argument was a "zombie argument" that refused to die, and that politicians needed to think hard about repeating arguments used by the industry. #nzpol #tobacco #blackmarket

Smokescreen: Expert rubbishes govt claim of black market over smokefree legislation
There is no evidence to support the government's claim that smokefree laws would lead to an illicit tobacco black market, a public health expert says.
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Fears NZ's tobacco black market will get as bad as Australia's
Customs has warned tobacco smuggling is becoming more organised, large-scale and sophisticated.
RNZThe German Customs and Finance Union (BDZ) and the Federal Association of the Tobacco Industry and Novel Products (BVTE) have warned of a widening black market...
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German Customs and Tobacco Trade Warn of Escalating Black‑Market Threat to Nicotine Products, Highlighting Online Surge and Enforcement Costs. - Osna.FM
German customs and tobacco industry warn that the black market for tobacco and nicotine products is growing rapidly, but remains largely hidden.
Osna.FM‘Good health policy’: Alberta’s calls on Ottawa to relax nicotine pouch rules
Alberta says federal policy appears to have coincided with growth on the black market, where unregulated nicotine pouches are widely available online with no age restrictions.
#policy #health #blackmarket #Alberta #Consumer #Nicotinehttps://globalnews.ca/news/11713614/albertas-nicotine-pouch-rules-letter/‘Good health policy’: Alberta’s calls on Ottawa to relax nicotine pouch rules
Alberta says federal policy appears to have coincided with growth on the black market, where unregulated nicotine pouches are widely available online with no age restrictions.
#policy #health #blackmarket #Alberta #Consumer #Nicotinehttps://globalnews.ca/news/11713614/albertas-nicotine-pouch-rules-letter/‘Good health policy’: Alberta’s calls on Ottawa to relax nicotine pouch rules
Alberta says federal policy appears to have coincided with growth on the black market, where unregulated nicotine pouches are widely available online with no age restrictions.
#policy #health #blackmarket #Alberta #Consumer #Nicotinehttps://globalnews.ca/news/11713614/albertas-nicotine-pouch-rules-letter/‘Good health policy’: Alberta’s calls on Ottawa to relax nicotine pouch rules
Alberta says federal policy appears to have coincided with growth on the black market, where unregulated nicotine pouches are widely available online with no age restrictions.
#policy #health #blackmarket #Alberta #Consumer #Nicotinehttps://globalnews.ca/news/11713614/albertas-nicotine-pouch-rules-letter/
Tobacco banned in Indian state of Odisha