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Rachael Ward

Call to treat tobacco like asbestos and shut down shops

Leading public health experts want to crush demand to tobacco and a tougher line from authorities. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Choking demand for tobacco and slashing smoking rates starts with reducing how many retailers can sell cigarettes and even shutting shops.

That's the verdict from leading public health experts who say it's time for governments to question whether a product capable of killing users should be available so easily.

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