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Taxing tobacco is said to be the most effective tool for reducing smoking but unintended negative effects exist. Cross border smuggling of cigarettes, common on other continents, is not as easy to execute due to NZ’s significant geographic distance from other countries and thorough border control service. One harmful consequence was a sudden upsurge in robberies, often aggravated, of convenience stores and petrol stations for tobacco