Please note: Cigarettes carry health risks
The tobacco industry includes a number of areas, including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and cigarette alternatives like e-cigarettes and heated-tobacco products
After engaging a specialist excise accountant and implementing an electronic stock register, the distributor reconciled its records and made a voluntary disclosure to the ATO
Dr Rosemary Hiscock from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, who has been involved in a number of studies evaluating recent tobacco legislation, explains: "Although cigarillos have to carry large pictorial health warnings, they can still be sold in colourful branded packaging, in 10-stick packs, can feature price markings which keep prices low, and can include characterising flavours, like menthol
The measure also set minimum pack prices of $7.00, rising to $7.50 in 2024