tobacco

Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has issued a Safety Bulletin following the severe injury of an employee onsite after an e-cigarette battery ignited in the mine employees pocket …
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The Tasmanian Small Business Council has criticised an international tobacco addiction expert’s support to raise the smoking age in the state to 21 years.

Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation director Ginny …
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A move to ban the sale of cigarettes to Tasmanians aged under 21 has been put on hold.

Independent member for Windermere Ivan Dean was expected to introduce the legislation …
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Small business has described a plan to increase Tasmania’s legal smoking age to 21 as “disastrous and a kick in the guts” which will cost jobs.

Tasmanian Small Business Council …
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Tasmania could be the first state in Australia to ban the sale of cigarettes to people aged under 21.

A bill introduced last year by Independent Windermere member Ivan Dean …
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The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has labelled the Australian government “hypocritical” when it comes to its governance of the sale of legal tobacco.

AACS CEO Jeff Rogut says …
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The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has today expressed its shock and dismay at a change to Western Australia’s regulations that will significantly affect tobacco retailing across the state from next …
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Research from Cancer Council NSW and Western Sydney University has revealed that almost 20% of a sample of tobacco retailers (including convenience stores, grocery stores, and newsagents) would prefer not …
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A tripling in the licence fee charged to tobacco sellers is a “ridiculously high” impost on businesses selling cigarettes, a Launceston service station owner says.

Owner of Charles St Caltex Mal Philpot said his …
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The Queensland Government looks set to introduce mandatory licensing for tobacco retailers and wholesalers.

It will soon begin four months of consultation with business and industry groups before implementing …
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