The article notes that according to wastewater testing, nicotine consumption in Australia is at an all-time high. I'm no fan of tobacco, I think taxing it heav

The article notes that according to wastewater testing, nicotine consumption in Australia is at an all-time high. I'm no fan of tobacco, I think taxing it heavily is good, and Australia's policies were (IMHO) working well until quite recently. But, as the article explains at length, the price difference is now so extreme and the legal risk of illegal sales so low that drug dealers are muscling in and we're getting drug dealer competition tactics as a result.