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Many countries have successfully used tax policies to regulate the price of cigarette products. In Australia, a pack of cigarattes can cost up to $18, making it the most expensive country to buy cigarettes.
A report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) in 2016, found that the smoking rate in the country was at an all time low. In the last 20 years, smoking had decreased by almost 50 percent.
The study showed that less than 13 percent of Australians are daily smokers and fewer people are starting to smoke.
The report cites Australia as having one of the lowest smoking rates in the world, contributed in part by their implementation of increased taxes on tobacco products, plain packaging, and more restrictive smoke free environment laws.
Have the pictures of diseased lungs Australia puts on packs of cigarettes helped?
(Score: 1) by Demena on Friday June 02 2017, @12:45AM
It appears that the AIHW has failed to consider the increase in Australia's consumptiom of non-taxed, unaccounted for, illegally imported tobacco. It has become an organised criminal industry. By raising the tax so high it has created a new smuggling trade.