The plan to make cigarettes prescription only
The Briefing20 Okt 2020

The plan to make cigarettes prescription only

Almost 1 in 9 Australians smoke, and the government have set a goal to bring down our smoking rate to 1 in 10 by 2025. In a new plan to wipe out smoking in Australia, smokers could be made to buy cigarettes with a prescription or at a pharmacy. But is this fair?

Cigarettes already cost $40 a packet, so if people really want to spend that amount of their own money should they be free to do that? This idea has come from a University of Queensland lead group Centre for Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (CREATE) and we’re joined on todays episode by Professor Billie Bonevski to explain the prescription model.

In today's news headlines:

  • New emails suggest top Victorian health official knew about hotel security guards
  • President Trump not a fan of plan to mute microphones during final debate
  • AFP investigates potential corruption in $30 million land deal

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