"Higher taxation approved on cigarettes, but politically inconceivable for alcohol.."

"The new Budget represents the ongoing bipartisan support towards more taxation on tobacco products. While one harmful product is made a convenient scapegoat for many social ills, the negative impacts of excessive alcohol use in Australia yet again failed to grab any attention." says Levent Efe, Turkish program's correspondent. (Cartoon by Levent Efe)

Higher taxation approved on cigarettes, but politically inconceivable for alcohol..

Source: Levet Efe


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