Backlash to the incoming government scrapping smokefree laws to fund tax cuts.

Advocacy groups say removing regulations on levels of nicotine and the age of who can buy cigarettes is irresponsible.

Action for Smokefree Director Ben Youdan told Tim Dower that the Government is putting the interests of the cigarette industry before the health of the nation.

He says more people will die if these laws change.

Backlash to the incoming government scrapping smokefree laws to fund tax cuts.
Advocacy groups say removing regulations on levels of nicotine and the age of who can buy cigarettes is irresponsible.
Action for Smokefree Director Ben Youdan told Tim Dower that the Government is putting the interests of the cigarette industry before the health of the nation.
He says more people will die if these laws change.

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