‘Reckless’: Coalition’s 80% Cigarette Tax Cut Slammed by Health Experts

‘Reckless’: Coalition’s 80% cigarette tax cut slammed by health experts

Australia’s leading medical body has labelled the Coalition’s plan to slash the price of a packet of cigarettes by $24 and legalise vapes a “reckless” move that will damage public health, as the opposition frames the move as an assault on organised crime.

Push for cheap smokes and vapes trashed by health chiefs

A top Australian health group has slammed a Senate inquiry’s push for cigarette tax cuts and commercial vapes, warning the move would throw decades of hard-fought tobacco control in the bin.