The Federal Government has revealed draft legislation to reform smoking in Australia as part of its plan to reduce the proportion of daily smokers from just over 10% to 5% or less by 2030.

We know vaping is popular among young people, in fact we’ve spoken about it a number of times on this podcast, but what’s leading to an uptake in smoking cigarettes? And what is the Federal Government planning to do about it? We’ll let you know in the deep dive.

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The Federal Government has revealed draft legislation to reform smoking in Australia as part of its plan to reduce the proportion of daily smokers from just over 10% to 5% or less by 2030.
We know vaping is popular among young people, in fact we’ve spoken about it a number of times on this podcast, but what’s leading to an uptake in smoking cigarettes? And what is the Federal Government planning to do about it? We’ll let you know in the deep dive.
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How the Government’s tackling rising smoking rates

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