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Australia made cigarettes expensive to stop people smoking. Did it go too far? (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

LOL. I agree that Hanson's position does sound like she's got tobacco lobbyists up her ass. God she's trashy.

That said, that doesn't really contradict what I've said, both can be true.

I don't think we should halve excise or whatever, just stop the regular increases of theyre no longer effective.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    She the one that looks straight out of a 70s soap opera? (Sorry, from the UK and don't know the names of your national scumbags 💛)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    That might be fair. Could argue that banning like the UK did or funding a way to crackdown on the black market might be better.

    It isn't really clear from the article if increases are still reducing numbers or not (even if it's at a reduced rate).

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