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.

One state’s war on illegal tobacco has escalated sharply, with 15 more shops forced to lock their doors under tough new compliance powers.

In April, the United Kingdom passed landmark laws that aim to create a “smokefree generation”. This means anyone born on or after January 1 2009 can never legally be sold tobacco products. The law is ...

More than 20 million illegal vapes, with a street value of just over $1 billion, have been seized by law enforcement ...

Four more stores across Perth have been handed a 90-day closure notices amid the state’s crackdown on illegal tobacco sales.

France’s April 2026 decree bans the sale, possession, import and use of nicotine pouches, with penalties reaching five years ...

The UK could become the latest nation to implement a social media ban, after British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer vowed to ...

The Kalgoorlie store was raided on the same day the laws kicked in, and police allege it resulted in the seizure of nearly 2000 illegal cigarettes and about three kilograms of loose tobacco.

This masthead has unearthed a taskforce’s scrutiny of a senior judicial officer and a business deal involving a freight firm’s plan to sell wine to foreign sailors.

Amsterdam has become the first capital city in the world to ban the public advertising of meat, petrol-driven cars, cruises and cheap flights. Ads for Big Macs, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Range Rovers, ...

For a quarter century, Australia’s environment laws were widely regarded as not fit for purpose. In 2020, a scathing review ...