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Kiddie ciggie sales face crackdown 

Jump to full article: Townsville Bulletin (au), 2003-05-29

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VICTORIAN retailers caught selling cigarettes to children face an immediate $200 fine from today, with a maximum penalty of $5000.

Announcing the new zero tolerance policy, Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike said she had lost patience with retailers who continued to flout the law by selling tobacco to minors.

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