Warnings on individual cigarettes, health inserts inside packs and the banning of flavours are among a raft of new 'world-leading' changes proposed by the federal government in a new bid to crack down on smoking. 9News
"Here in Australia, still, tobacco, or smoking, is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in this country.
"About 12 per cent of Australians are daily smokers, although that's come down dramatically over the last decade, but it still accounts to over two million Aussies smoking on a daily basis." "As a result of no additional action" taken in recent years, Butler added, "smoking rates have essentially flatlined".Health Minister Mark Butler said the proposed legislation - some 300 pages long - will be released today, with the hopes it will be introduced to parliament later this year."indicated that Australia is currently not on track to meet the targets that were agreed by all governments in the National Tobacco Strategy.
"There will be a transition period of 15 months, so the new regulations, new requirements, will come into effect on the first of July 2025."Continue reading
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