Tobacco tax hikes are great, so long as you’re not a poor smoker
- Written by Katie Hirono, Research Associate, Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, UNSW
Increases in tobacco taxes hurt low-income smokers, who are already stigmatised.from www.shutterstock.comTobacco tax increases in Australia that will see a packet of cigarettes costing A$40 may discourage smoking, but will end up having unintended consequences for poorer smokers, new research shows.
According to our recently published paper,...
