The legislation, which aims to make it easier to prosecute those involved in the illicit tobacco trade, is more of the same: punitive, but still not effective.
- Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Right now, based on market share, organised crime effectively is Big Tobacco in Australia.
Where there’s demand, there will be supply, legal or not. From the ‘sly grog’ of the 1920s to the illicit vapes of today, getting regulation right is difficult.
Poorer Australians have shorter life expectancies and are more likely to live with long-term health conditions than their wealthier peers.
The health concerns that dominate public submissions to the parliamentary inquiry into WestConnex are a reminder that papering over such issues comes back to haunt governments.
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