Local stores
firebombed by criminal
gangs in adelaide
Dear Retailer,
Local shops are facing an existential crisis. The black market for illicit tobacco and vapes is
booming, and the Government plans to introduce a Generational Smoking Ban, which will
make it illegal for those born after 1st January 2OO9 to ever purchase tobacco. A noble
cause but an ill thought out policy.
This will mean in a few years time, local retailers will have to ID people in their 40s, and you could
be fined for not asking a clear adult for their ID.
Tobacco will be so heavily regulated, the illicit market will boom. In Australia, where the
restrictions on tobacco are some of the toughest in the world, local shops have been firebombed
by rival gangs because they refused to stock illegal, under the counter tobacco.
So far, the Government has ignored retailers when they have raised their concerns about the
impacts of this deeply flawed policy.
We need your help to make them see sense. That is why the Save Our Shop campaign has been
launched. While the Government may be trying to ignore retailers, we can force them to listen to
us, and protect our businesses, our property, and our employees from criminal gangs.
Attached i s a postage paid postcard to the Prime Minister, calling on him to see sense and
abandon this nonsensical proposal. If you agree and share these concerns, please sign and
address it and pop it in the postbox. It will take less than a minute of your time, and could make all
the difference to help Save Our Shops.
URGENT CALL TO ACTION FOR
ALL LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RETAILERS
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Government
official says
retail crime is
just “part of life”
Disgraced former health
minister claims those
with concerns do not
“believe in britain”