It's all a matter of how high the taxes are. The higher they are, the more profit there is in smuggling.
Australia is pretty high, in Sydney they go for more than $25 a pack. Still, smuggling would require long boats rides and stuff, while Australia is a pretty rule of law place.
cigarette snuggling sounds like an RJ Reynolds plan to get more kids smoking
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Yeah. If you’re going to take the huge risk of importing something illegal here, it might as well be cocaine or heroin et al. That way you make a decent profit for your risk at least.
Unless you transit through Singapore or most any other SE Asian country, sure.
Cigarette taxation in Canada depends a lot on provincial jurisdiction and with no inter-provincial borders it makes enforcement against smuggling tough