ABC Feeds<p>Illegal tobacco stores to close under tough new Queensland laws<br>By James Taylor and Lucy Loram</p><p>A court has shut down six illicit tobacco stores in the Wide Bay in the first legal test of Queensland's tough new laws targeting the sale of illicit smokes and vapes.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-25/court-orders-hervey-bay-illegal-tobacco-stores-to-shut-down/105566494" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-25/cou</span><span class="invisible">rt-orders-hervey-bay-illegal-tobacco-stores-to-shut-down/105566494</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Smoking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smoking</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Nicotine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nicotine</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laws</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/JamesTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesTaylor</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/LucyLoram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LucyLoram</span></a></p>