EPISODE · Apr 21, 2026 · 3 MIN
Illegal smokes undermining health efforts - experts
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An RNZ investigation into the tobacco blackmarket has found packs of cigarettes and loose tobacco being sold brazenly over the counter at heavily discounted prices. By law, cigarettes have to include pictures and health warnings covering at least 75-percent of the front of the packs. But the cigarettes being sold on the blackmarket are a throw back to the 1990s of glossy, embossed packaging and no ugly health warnings. Finn Blackwell has more.
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An RNZ investigation into the tobacco blackmarket has found packs of cigarettes and loose tobacco being sold brazenly over the counter at heavily discounted prices. By law, cigarettes have to include pictures and health warnings covering at least 75-percent of the front of the packs. But the cigarettes being sold on the blackmarket are a throw back to the 1990s of glossy, embossed packaging and no ugly health warnings. Finn Blackwell has more.
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