The Coalition’s plan to raise $3.6bn by increasing tax on vapes and making them more widely available would lead to “serious short- and long-term harm” and is “exactly what big tobacco have been asking for”, according to public health experts.
The experts, who are calling on the Coalition to apologise for the policy, believe it is not based on “credible evidence” and that the savings cannot be achieved unless current regulation – supported by all states and territory governments – is completely dismantled.
