New tobacco legislation kicked on Tuesday, which requires new warnings to be printed on individual cigarettes and bans menthol cigarettes altogether.

These legislation updates come amidst an unprecedented boom in the tobacco black market in Australia, costing the Federal Budget $6.7 billion.

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Produced By: Marlena Holdernesse

Featured In Story: Sameer Deshpande, Director of Social Marketing at Griffith University, and Alecia Brooks, Chair of Cancer Council’s Tobacco Issues Committee

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 3 April 2025