THE flavour and ingredients of cigarettes would be regulated, smoking in movies controlled and the cost of tobacco would sky-rocket under a radical Government blueprint to stop one million Australians smoking.
The five-year war on smoking would also see an end to discounted cigarettes, restrictions on the number of retailers that can sell smokes and big tobacco forced to report how much they spend on marketing.
Smokers should brace themselves for "regular staged increases'' in tobacco taxes that will push the price of a pack of cigarettes over $20.
See full Article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/government-could-control-taste-of-cigarettes-raise-taxes-in-battle-against-smoking/story-fncynkc6-1226574529787
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