Illegal tobacco is messing up economic data. That won’t stop until it’s managed like alcohol
By John Quiggin
Category: Business › Economics
Tags: Data
Australia’s illegal tobacco market is now big enough to distort official numbers. I unpack how black-market cigarettes skew inflation and consumption data, and why regulation needs to treat tobacco more like alcohol if we want policy that reflects economic reality.
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