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Make cigarettes cheaper: Inside the 'unpalatable' solution to break a black market business model
By Jane Norman
Two Coalition MPs are breaking a longstanding bipartisan approach in tobacco policy, calling on the federal government to lower the tax on cigarettes, which critics argue is driving prices too high and fuelling a lucrative and dangerous black market.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-26/lower-tobacco-excise-to-stamp-out-black-market/104502042
#Tax #Smoking #IllicitGoods #HealthPolicy #Health #OrganisedCrime #FederalStateIssues #JaneNorman
By Jane Norman
Two Coalition MPs are breaking a longstanding bipartisan approach in tobacco policy, calling on the federal government to lower the tax on cigarettes, which critics argue is driving prices too high and fuelling a lucrative and dangerous black market.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-26/lower-tobacco-excise-to-stamp-out-black-market/104502042
#Tax #Smoking #IllicitGoods #HealthPolicy #Health #OrganisedCrime #FederalStateIssues #JaneNorman