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Greens move to stop cheap cigarette imports  

Jump to full article: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au), 2010-07-21

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Coles is importing cheap cigarettes from Germany, which are $2 to $4 a packet cheaper than most other brands. (Reuters: Alexandra Beier, file photo)

The Australian Greens will move to introduce laws preventing major supermarket chain Coles from flooding the market with cheap imported cigarettes.

Coles and its parent company Wesfarmers are under mounting pressure to stop importing cheap cigarettes from Germany, which are $2 to $4 a packet cheaper than most other brands.

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