Explosion of tobacco black market drains billions in revenue from federal coffers | ABC NEWS

Revenue from the tobacco excise was revised lower in the federal budget with a drop of nearly six billion dollars over the next five years.
Professor in public health Becky Freeman from the University of Sydney explains how the explosion of illicit tobacco will disincentive people to quit smoking. She says there is an oversupply of tobacco products in Australia with less than 10% of the country smokers and all levels of government need to work together to solve the problem. 

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