NSW Premier Backs One Nation Push to Cut Tobacco Tax by 75 Percent
'I’ve been calling for the same thing for about a year,' said NSW Premier Chris Minns.
TL;DR
- NSW Premier Chris Minns backs One Nation's call to lower tobacco taxes.
- Minns has personally supported reducing tobacco taxes for about a year.
- He argues that excise taxes are not effective in reducing smoking.
- The current tax policy drives consumers to illicit supplies and the black market.
- This black market is a source of funding for organized crime in NSW.