Yasm@programming.dev to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 21 hours agoAustralia made cigarettes expensive to stop people smoking. Did it go too far?www.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down14
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minus-squareSlashme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·18 hours agoOK, so previously illegal cigs were 10% of the market, and now they’re 80%. But the market has shrunk dramatically. From the article: In 2010, about one in seven Australians smoked daily. The country’s main national household survey last year found that rate had dropped to about one in 18 people.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoIf you assume the market halved, absolute illegal trade still went up 4x
minus-squareSlashme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 minutes agoAnd if less than half as many people are smoking, that’s still a win in my book.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 minutes agoSure just ignore the drive by shootings and burning buildings on your way down the street
OK, so previously illegal cigs were 10% of the market, and now they’re 80%. But the market has shrunk dramatically. From the article:
If you assume the market halved, absolute illegal trade still went up 4x
And if less than half as many people are smoking, that’s still a win in my book.
Sure just ignore the drive by shootings and burning buildings on your way down the street