All tobacco sales are heavily regulated and taxed. The taxation amount increases each year until 2030 (i think). It used to be possible to buy them duty-free i

All tobacco sales are heavily regulated and taxed. The taxation amount increases each year until 2030 (i think). It used to be possible to buy them duty-free if you were traveling internationally, but that loophole was closed too. An individual can only bring a max. of 200 individual cigarettes, into the country now without paying the Australian taxes. I was a smoker, and I looked into roll-your-owns as an option to save on the rising costs, but it was a negligible difference. Gram for gram it was a tiny difference between purchasing loose pouch tobacco and pre-made cigarettes. It is also illegal for anyone to cultivate it in any amount without a government license, and the penalties are very harsh. There is apparently a black-market for unprocessed tobacco (known colloquially as chop-chop) but I haven't ever come across it. It is much easier to buy weed, which is still outright illegal here. https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/pae75k/we-asked-a-tobacco-farmer-if-growing-your-own-chop-chop-is-worth-it https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/pae75k/we-asked-a-tobacco... For some idea of the crazy high prices; https://www.cigars.com.au/products/cigarettes https://www.cigars.com.au/products/cigarettes