Smoking, Taxes & Health: Australia’s Hidden Trade-Off

Tobacco taxes once poured A $16 billion a year into Australia’s budget; now that figure has halved. Meanwhile, the cost of treating smoking-related disease continues to climb. In this episode, Chris Tantchev unpacks the shifting balance between excise revenue, health expenditure, and illicit trade — and asks whether relying on smokers to fund public health is a sustainable model.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.