Coalition policy gives tobacco companies a tax cut, risks fuelling nicotine addiction The Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH) which includes Australia’s major health organisations, is deeply concerned that the illicit tobacco crisis is being used as a...
Senate Report on Illicit Trade Falls Short of a Lasting Solution & Raises Red Flags The Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH) welcomes parts of the Senate Inquiry report released on Friday, including its recognition that stronger enforcement and...
One Nation wants to hand Big Tobacco a tax break What would you do if you ran a cigarette company and your business model, like your customers, was diseased and dying? If you’d seen your market shrink as smoking rates declined, and you were massively undercut by...
Fewer Australians smoking, but illicit trade needs tougher measures New data from the 2025 National Drug Strategy Household Survey show that daily smoking among Australians aged 14 and over fell to 5.6% in 2025—down from 8.3% in 2022–23 and 19.5% in 2001—while daily...
Health bodies unite to expose big tobacco’s push for tax cuts that would reverse 25 years of progress Open letter released on second day of illicit tobacco inquiry hearings Cancer Council Australia and a coalition of health organisations have come together to Unmask...
Health advocates slam decision to let tobacco industry give secret briefing 4 May 2026 – Tobacco industry lobbyists have been allowed to give a secret briefing to a senate inquiry in what health advocates have described as a “sleazy attempt to covertly influence...
