Each year 60,000 Australians and millions throughout the world die from cigarette smoking. One billion people are projected to die of tobacco-related disease by 2050. This is a national and international scandal.
The tobacco-free generation is a key “endgame” reform, recognised internationally as part of a suite of measures to finally eliminate tobacco smoking. If legislation currently before the Tasmanian parliament passes, the state could be the first in the world to prohibit the sale of tobacco to people born after 2000.
Before we get into the detail of the proposal, let’s take a closer look at the problem.
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Haydn Walters
Professorial Fellow at University of Tasmania
Julia Walters
Senior Research Fellow, Primary Health Care/Cochrane Airways Australia Coordinator at University of Tasmania
Kathryn Barnsley
PhD student and tobacco researcher at University of Tasmania
