Tag: Philip Morris

Smokers want better alternatives to cigarettes, poll finds

At least eight in ten Australians believe adult smokers should have access to alternative products – if they have the potential to reduce the risk of smoking compared with cigarettes. So says a...

Illicit tobacco burns two billion in excise

A new report shows illicit tobacco currently costs the Australian government up to $1.91 billion. According to KPMG LLP’s ‘Illicit Tobacco in Australia 2017 Full Year Report’, illegal tobacco – as a...

Plans to cease tobacco supply to suspected illicit traders questioned

The ACCC is proposing to deny authorisation to British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco and Philip Morris to jointly halt tobacco supply to retailers or wholesalers they believe are supplying illicit tobacco. The three...

ACCC acts on fire-hazard cigarettes

The ACCC has accepted court-enforceable undertakings from both Philip Morris and Zen Sensation not to supply cigarettes that do not meet the mandatory reduced-fire-risk safety standard. Cigarettes sold in Australia must meet the...

One in seven cigarettes consumed last year was illicit

The latest report by KPMG estimating the size and value of the illegal tobacco trade in Australia found that 14 per cent of total tobacco consumption in 2015 was illegal. KPMG estimates that...
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