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The study, which is the first attempt by the Australian government to estimate the size of the black market, found that "prices for legal tobacco products have almost tripled since December 2016 driven by annual tobacco excise increases, while estimated prices of illicit tobacco products have remained relatively constant." Since 2020, household spending on legal cigarettes and tobacco has almost halved, but between 2017 and 2025, the amount of nicotine consumed in Australia has risen by almost 40 percent
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Researchers said their findings were at odds with tobacco companies predictions that plain packaging, which became mandatory in May last year, would lead to lower prices and greater affordability
Yet for many smokers, cigarettes are an addiction they will buy regardless of price- and depending on where they live price can vary dramatically