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The proposals for increasing the tax on cigarettes by 17.5 cents per stick and for introducing a minimum price on booze are worthy of analysis. Proposals are also developed for dealing with obesity but I will not discuss those here. The report by the National Preventative Health Strategy is here. Continue reading Smoking & booze policy proposals Here is an opinion piece I wrote for ABC [...] I posted earlier this year on the strong growth in cigarette carcinogen sales despite the financial crisis. The world’s largest carcinogen producer, Altria, had earnings per share growth of 10% in 2008 and was increasingly moving into the ethyl alcohol market. Altria also split into two businesses in March 2008 Phillip [...] |
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