The alcohol excise is not the only price hike Australians face on a regular basis – there's a range of products, services and penalties that regularly get more expensive.
A former vape store employee has sounded the alarm on the illegal under-the-counter vape sales she claims are being carried out across Perth convenience stores.
Influencers in France caught flouting the nation's strict new ad laws could now face time behind bars, or fines worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Warnings on individual cigarettes, health inserts inside packs and the banning of flavours are among a raft of new "world-leading" changes proposed by the federal government in a new bid to crack down on smoking.
The legislation currently being drafted by the Greens proposes huge fines if cigarette manufacturers refuse to clean up discarded butts left in public places.
More than a decade after plain packaging was introduced, the federal government is planning to create 11 new measures to fight against tobacco addiction.
More than a third of Australian primary school teachers and staff say some of their students vape, an alarming new study into e-cigarettes' in schools has revealed.
Vaping can cause serious health problems and there is little evidence to show its an effective way to help smokers quit traditional cigarettes, Australia's national health council says.
Authorities have blitzed New South Wales shops and convenience stores to seize more than $1 million of illegal vapes and vaping products in just five months.
As peak growing season comes to an end, authorities have urged people to look out for fields of illegal tobacco which could be mistaken for crops of kale, cabbage or corn.
Authorities have seized an illegal bounty of 291,000 cigarettes and 3026 kilograms of loose-leaf tobacco after swooping on multiple properties in Queensland last week.
A Victorian father is warning parents about the dangers of having vapes near children after his son was hospitalised with what are believed to be the effects of smoking one.
The New Zealand Government will ban young people from ever being able to purchase tobacco in their lifetimes under new plans to make New Zealand smoke-free.