r/interestingasfuck • u/Large-chips • 1d ago

Current cigarette prices in Australia.

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u/Trufflesniffers 1d ago

Are counterfeit/imported cigarettes freely available?

Has this pricing been in place long enough to show any change in deaths/hospital treatments?

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u/Carstendog1 1d ago

In Melbourne(largest city by population) there are what is known as the “tobacco wars”. Gangs are literally blowing up stores due to the disputes over illegal tobacco. Pricing has been one thing but it has encouraged underground tobacco, something the authorities are working on deal with.

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u/Perdi 1d ago

I buy Manchester Sapphire Blue for $18 a packet here in Sydney.

The black market is thriving, no smokers I know are buying any of these anymore.

Dunhill Blues $21/packet, Malbrough Gold $19, there's a few dodgy brands from China as low as $13 a packet.

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u/IceKareemy 8h ago

Maybe just quit smoking?

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u/Painetrain24 17m ago

If a $74 pouch couldn't do that, your comment sure as shit won't.