Last year, New Zealand introduced a steadily rising smoking age to stop those aged 14 and under from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes in the world-first legislation to outlaw smoking for the next generation.
National’s unaffordable tax cuts to be funded by… (checks notes) …giving more people lung cancer.
Nope, it’s the tax dollars. The tax is about $1.18 per cigarette. That’s $8614 per year in tex for a 20 a day smoker. In Australia it’s even higher. They will never end smoking.
But why?
$$$ from big tobacco.
Nope, it’s the tax dollars. The tax is about $1.18 per cigarette. That’s $8614 per year in tex for a 20 a day smoker. In Australia it’s even higher. They will never end smoking.