Australian governments urged to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales
by Melissa Davey Medical editor from on (#5RX5T)
Public health experts liken phasing out tobacco retailing to removing asbestos and lead paint from the market
Governments must set a date for banning the sale of cigarettes through retailers including supermarkets, and find new ways of boosting revenue without relying on tobacco excise taxes, leading public health researchers say.
It comes as research published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) on Monday found 1,466 respondents (52.8%) to a Victorian Cancer Council survey agreed with phasing out the sale of cigarettes in retail outlets.
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