Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 24-Nov-15

The Australian Labor Party will raise the excise rate for cigarettes by 12.5 per cent for four years from mid-2017 if it wins the next federal election. The rise in excise of this magnitude would result in cigarettes costing more than $A40 a pack. Some experts stress the fact that smoking is more prevalent among lower-income households than wealthier households and, therefore, the proposed policy would make poor people even poorer.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, AUSTRALIA. PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE, CANCER COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA