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The government has proposed new laws for tackling illegal tobacco, but they likely won’t do much

By James Martin, Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University
Edward Jegasothy, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney

The legislation, which aims to make it easier to prosecute those involved in the illicit tobacco trade, is more of the same: punitive, but still not effective.

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