Australia has sent a delegation to a COP11 seminars in Switzerland to educate the world on its tobacco and vape policies amid a surging black market which is costing the government billions of dollars.

Three seminars at the Conference of Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control focusing on preventative policies will be organised or co-organised by Australia.

The Albanese government's lecturing on tobacco policies is a stark contrast to warnings from the industry that the growth of illegal cigarettes in Australia was unprecedented.

A British American Tobacco Australia spokesperson told SkyNews.com.au the kind of "acceleration" in illicit tobacco in Australia was "simply not being observed in other countries".

The company said it was associated with the "highest excise

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