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喫煙者を減らす最高の方法 ?
４月３０日に、オーストラリア連邦政府がタバコの税金を２５％引き上げました。禁煙団体は、喫煙者を減らすには増税がもっとも効果的だと言います。ケビン・ラッド首相は、この増税によって８７，０００人の国民または、２～３％の喫煙者が禁煙するだろうと述べました。テレビコマーシャルのような一般への啓蒙活動も効果を上げています。さらに、政府はタバコの外箱を地味なデザインにして喫煙者を減らそうとしています。連邦政府は、喫煙が病気と若年死の最大の予防可能な原因であり、毎年１５，０００人以上が喫煙で亡くなっていると言います。
| Tax best way of cutting smoking : peak body 2010/05/01 |
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Taxing tobacco is the single most effective way of cutting smoking numbers, a peak anti-smoking body says as the government 25 per cent tobacco tax rise came into force today. Quit said national and international research into anti-smoking measures showed the taxes had more impact on reducing the number of smokers than television ads. "For every one dollar increase in cigarette price in Australia in the past, it's been associated with a decline of 2.6 per cent in low-income groups, 0.3 in middle-income groups and 0.2 in high-income groups," a Quit spokeswoman said, citing research complied by the Cancer Council of Victoria last year. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the new tax, announced yesterday, would lead 87,000 Australians - or 2 to 3 per cent of smokers - to quit the habit. (Read more) Discussion Questions: 1. What effect on people's smoking habits does introducing a large tax have ? 2. Who should pay for smoking-related illnesses - governments or individuals ? 3. How effective is it to have graphic pictures of smoking-related images on the packets ? 4. Should cigarette packets be plain to discourage youngsters from smoking ? 5. What would the reaction be in your country if cigarettes were as expensive as they are in Australia (20AUD per packet) ? |
| 記事引用： smh.com.au |
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