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Australia's illegal tobacco boom is taking a heavy toll. But new data offers a glimmer of hope

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Convenience store owners across Australia are being threatened, attacked and extorted as the illegal tobacco trade strips billions from legal cigarette sales, the industry's peak body says.

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