The (apparently) thriving world of smuggled smokes

Dr Eric Crampton
The Post
3 November, 2025

Illicit tobacco might now make up more than a quarter of New Zealand’s tobacco market.

There are no wholly reliable numbers on the size of illicit markets. People who operate in illicit markets do not tell Customs, or Statistics New Zealand, the size of their businesses.

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