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Illegal tobacco sellers hitting back after crackdown

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Marshall Hall
Dec 10, 2025
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The Gold Coast’s retailers of illegally imported cigarettes and vapes appear to be moving their businesses online after a crackdown that forced 19 stores across the city to shut their doors.

In the biggest crackdown so far, Queensland Health carried out the nation’s largest co-ordinated vape raids over 10 days forcing the closure of nearly 150 stores thr…

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