RNZ reports:An RNZ investigation into the tobacco blackmarket found packs of cigarettes and loose tobacco being sold brazenly over the counter at heavily discounted prices.By law, cigarettes have to include pictures and health warnings covering at least 75-percent of the front of the packs. But the cigarettes being sold on the blackmarket are a throw…
This may come as no surprise
This may come as no surprise
30 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: black markets
Another big tobacco black market bust
05 Jan 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: black markets, economics of smoking
NewstalkZB reports: Police have restrained more than $2.5 million in assets, including four properties in Gisborne, after a discovery of undeclared tobacco was intercepted at the border. It comes after Customs intercepted 110kg of loose tobacco and more than 230,000 cigarettes – approximately 10,000 packets – concealed in Chinese tea packets in November last year, bound for residential and […]
Another big tobacco black market bust
Even medicinal stoners are cheapies unwilling to buy legally
02 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in health economics Tags: black markets, marijuana decrimilization, offsetting behavior, unintended consequences
Causes and Control of Illegal Tobacco – Third Edition: 2021
27 Aug 2021 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: black markets, economics of addiction
Stoners don’t like to pay tax nor like greentape @nzdrug
07 Aug 2020 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tags: black markets, marijuana decrimilization, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
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#OTD 1933
07 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of regulation, politics - USA Tags: black markets, economics of prohibition
The freakonomics of McDonalds vs. drugs | Steven Levitt
23 Nov 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: black markets
Catching Scotland’s Bag Dealers | Short Stuff | BBC Scotland Comedy
30 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: black markets, offsetting behaviour, recycling
Some advice to @NZFamilyFirst on @nzdrug @_chloeswarbrick’s efforts to legalise and regulate marijuana
28 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: black markets, grey markets, marijuana decrimilization, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
California’s continued marijuana black market
20 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: black markets, marijuana decriminalisation, unintended consequences
Good @LibDemAus chart @nzdrug @familyfirstnz @TaxpayersUnion
03 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of regulation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: black markets, law and order, marijuana decrimilization, offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences
So are we (to sell as blackmarketeers?)
05 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, environmental economics Tags: black markets, nanny state, plastic bags
Tex-Mex border people smugglers compete for a good reputation and customer referrals
06 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship Tags: black markets, economics of immigration
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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