Tobacco wars hit Reservoir
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after #tobaccowars, now we facing an even bigger challenge #cabanawars
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It’s also part of the #tobaccowars that are constantly smashing our news cycle.
And all of this is due to the negligence and cowardice of all Federal Governments and their inability to make the right legislative call.
#auspol #vaping
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That is $5.4bn a year straight into the hands of criminal enterprise on vaping alone.
That is 120m single use batteries improperly disposed of.
Potentially a multi-billion dollar tax gap.
#auspol #vaping #tobaccowars
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The same holds true for vaping products even though they are readily identifiable as being legal or illicit.
But they keep moving at pace in the Black Market. At 10m units per month with an average consumer price of $45.
#auspol #vaping #tobaccowars
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It’s almost impossible for police to police illegal tobacco once it’s in the hands of consumers because it is extremely difficult to identify a legal or illicit tobacco product.
At the consumer level policing is just far too resource intensive.
#auspol #vaping #tobaccowars
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Let me be super clear, smoking was dumb as hell and I wish I had never picked up the habit.
But endless taxation increases have diminishing returns when the product remains legal.
An illegal pack of smokes is less than half the price of a legal one.
#auspol #vaping #tobaccowars
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I very clearly laid out what would happen if vaping was banned to John Safran in 2019 and JJJs the Hack.
That vaping would move to grey and then black market imports in the same way smoking did when addicts were priced out of the market.
#auspol #vaping #tobaccowars
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Gangland shootings in NSW. Arson attacks and extortion in Victoria. Just another week in Australia's ever worsening #tobaccowars.
Anyone starting to think that the creeping prohibition of our 3rd most popular recreational drug (after caffeine & alcohol) is not the best idea?
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Authorities abrogating their responsibilities to enforce tobacco laws while claiming the issue is with tobacco price, need to understand the need to reduce the burden of disease and health care costs-not increase them! #TobaccoWars
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“You have a law and then you enforce it.” It’s really not that hard is it? #TobaccoWars @NSWHealth @nswpolice.bsky.social
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Australia’s Tobacco Wars. Started with plain packaging and in the last 12 months 70 tobacco shops have been fire-bombed & at least 1 innocent woman dead.
#TobaccoWars #FireBombed
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Police now believe the death of 27-year old Katie Tangey linked to the #tobaccowars in 'targeted attack at the wrong address'.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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Another homicide linked to Australia's raging #tobaccowars. Sadly, our unrealistic and overly restrictive nicotine policies make these kinds of crimes inevitable. Expect more violence in the days and weeks to come.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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Great to chat with @abcnews about the escalating #tobaccowars.
A total ban on cigarettes would be a dream come true for every gangster in the country. Instead, we should improve access to less harmful nicotine products (vapes, pouches) to encourage people to quit.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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Another fatal shooting in Melbourne, this time on a residential street. Police suspect it's related to the #tobaccowars.
The government urgently needs to rethink its approach. We can more effectively lower smoking rates without creating a bonanza for organised crime.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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@dustypee.bsky.social I miss your posts on #tobaccowars
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