The opposition appears to misunderstand the role of the Voice
The proposal to stop the next generation of English children from being able to buy cigarettes is a one of the toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry and a brave reform that should be adopted worldwide. The Albanese government should get on board.
A Crown casino waiter,who claims he was exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke in the high-roller Mahogany Room,is suing the gambling giant after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
John Crozier is on a crusade to stop criminal syndicates unravelling decades of progress against lung cancer and heart disease.
A former vape store employee claims she was told to lie to health inspectors and police to cover up an under-the-counter black market.
Only 12 per cent of Australians are daily smokers,but the health minister wants that figure to drop below 5 per cent by decade’s end.
The price of goods from bread and milk to overseas holidays and vet bills has outpaced incomes for a decade. And over the past 12 months it has become worse.
Complex laws and a lack of enforcement are allowing black market tobacconists to trade with impunity,leading to myriad problems affecting public health.
Health Minister Mark Butler has told the Labor caucus that the tobacco industry has found a new way to develop a generation of nicotine addicts.
But Health Minister Mark Butler’s biggest battle won’t be against cigarettes. This time around,it’s the runaway vaping market that appeals to the tobacco industry and has the health sector most concerned.
Between them,three men crammed more than 130,000 illicit cigarettes into suitcases and tried to smuggle them through Melbourne Airport to sell on the black market. But they were nabbed in a Border Force crackdown.