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"There are no silver bullets, magic tricks or secret hacks to solving complex
public health problems. Taking on the global tobacco industry and reducing the
devastating consequences of smoking has taken decades of incremental reforms.
Most of these reforms have focused on making smoking less attractive, to reduce
the appeal of and demand for tobacco products. Countries that are serious about
reducing tobacco use have all increased the price through high taxes, placed
graphic health warnings on packs, adopted bans on all forms of tobacco
advertising, and generally made smoking socially unacceptable through indoor
smoking bans and emotive campaigns about the dangers of smoking.
Last week, the United Kingdom took an important step in shifting the dial on
tobacco control, to not only focus on reducing the appeal and demand for
products, but to totally rethink how tobacco products are supplied.
Under the new law, the legal age for cigarette sales (currently 18) will
increase by a year each year from 2027. This means people born from 2009 will
never be able to legally buy cigarettes in the UK. But what does this mean for
Australia and the rest of the world?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
