Time to Shut the Shops: Experts Call for Fewer Tobacconists A new editorial in the @anzjph.bsky.social highlights the urgent need to reduce the number of tobacco and nicotine retailers in Australia. Anita Dessaix | @drbfreeman.bsky.social | Raglan Maddox | Emily Stone

🚭 Leadership is needed to tackle illicit tobacco in Australia. A new commentary argues: - Tobacco market is over-supplied & under-regulated - Cutting excise isn’t the answer - Stronger licensing & caps on retailers needed Read 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just like in the UK, Aus needs stronger enforcement to shut down the illicit tobacco trade. Simplistic calls to lower tax & make legal cigarettes cheaper is a distraction allowing tobacco giants to control the narrative and influence tobacco control across the world. See ash.org.uk/media-centre...