Tobacco firms lobbied Parliament as Coalition pledges 80% excise cut

Philip Morris met privately with a parliamentary committee. Angus Taylor promised an 80% tobacco tax cut. This broke decades of bipartisan practice.

Why it mattersLower tobacco taxes would make smokes cheaper. This could undo decades of efforts to cut smoking in Australia.

AustraliaAustralia's election is shaping up with tobacco tax as a central issue; a major excise cut would reshape the economics of smoking and affect health policy across the nation.

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