More than 140,000 illegal cigarettes have been seized and six stores ordered to close down, days after Western Australia's new tobacco laws came into force.

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Criminal gangs cashing in on Australia's illicit tobacco boom will face tougher penalties and expanded police surveillance powers in a fresh crackdown on the black market. Assistant Minister for ...

A South Australia MPs has proposed outlawing the sale of cigarettes to anyone younger than 21 in a new measure trying to ...