Should tobacco shops exist? The new weapon in the tobacco wars

<p>Australia&rsquo;s tobacco wars are fuelling violence, with fire bombings and arson attacks spanning across the east coast.</p> <p>Now the federal government wants to treat these organised crime syndicates like &lsquo;drug lords&rsquo; by going after them with wire tapping and seizing their assets.</p> <p>And the tobacconists are in trouble too, with calls to ban tobacco stores and only sell cigarettes in supermarkets.</p> <p>Today, Criminologist Dr James Martin, from Deakin University on how to reign in the multi billion dollar black market …