Inside Australia's black market tobacco trade | SBS The Feed

As cigarette prices have risen, illegal tobacco or chop-chop is being imported into the country in increasing amounts. The Feed went undercover with Customs to see how hard it was to buy.

This originally aired in 2016.

0:00 Australia's tobacco problem
1:23 Side effects of Australia's tobacco controls
2:14 Tasmania's smoking crisis
3:12 The high cost of cigarettes in Australia
4:14 Inside a container examination facility
6:28 Black market operators make huge profits
8:33 The Feed goes undercover as a buyer
10:13 Nearly 15% of tobacco comes from the black market
11:27 Questioning the motives of the tobacco industry

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