Smokers meet outside buildings across Australia and talk almost every day. Now they are talking of dumping the Rudd government, says Lionel Elmore.
Tobacco taxes
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Time to fight like the Na’vi against smoking
One Crikey reader writes that it’s time to tax smoking in films. Plus, the hypocritical end of the ETS, finally a non-lefto editorial and suggestions for the Henry Tax Review.
Rudd’s tobacco laws get the world huffing and puffing
The Rudd Government’s tobacco control announcements are running hot in headlines around the globe, as Australia becomes the world leader in tobacco control, reports Melissa Sweet.
Cigs up: just a puff of hot (smokey) air?
Daily media wrap: Australia has gone into a cigarette-buying frenzy, with news that smoke prices would jump 25% overnight. But is the country also buying into Rudd’s ETS smokescreen?
Tax on cigs trumps gene lottery
It is more sensible to reduce cigarette smoking by high taxation on tobacco products than to spend resources on identifying those at increased genetic risk, writes Wayne Hall.
The politics and health consequences of taxing sin
Our friends in the US are seriously considering slapping a sin tax on soft drinks, fruit drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks and ready-to-drink teas — should we? asks David Gillespie.
Memo to Dutton: increasing tobacco tax works
Peter Dutton, Opposition spokesman on health, argues that increasing tobacco taxes is just a money grab and has “nothing to do with health outcomes”. The evidence suggests otherwise.
Why increasing tobacco taxes is good for the poor
Research shows the poor and the young are responsive to increases in cigarette prices, says Simon Chapman — when cigs go up, they smoke less and are more likely to quit.
