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Did they look at Australia and the colossal failure trying the same thing, and thought "but we will be different"?
I think you are thinking of New Zealand. The push didnt fail because it was tough, it failed because one of the political parties currently in power ( New Zealand First) has Phillip Morris lobbyists so far up its ass they are breathing for two.
New Zealand First had the law reverted and then Casey Costello, who is Associate Health Minister, gave tax breaks to companies offering "heated tobacco products" which is only Phillip Morris.
Lifted a ban on vapes without removable batteries so Phillip Morris could release their HTP
And the only thing in this blatent corruption scandel that they got in the neck was the handling of some fudged numbers and dodgy conclusions that Miss Costello says she "had no idea where they came from"
Fucken corupt basterds the lot of them
Yes, I got the nation wrong, it was New Zealand.
be fair, you also got the failure part wrong too.
Not from what I can see.
What do you mean? As far as I am aware, Australia has not created such a generational ban law yet, so how can it be a failure?
Terribly sorry, I got my down under nations mixed up. It was New Zealand that tried.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/new-zealand-smoking-ban-what-uk-can-learn
Hmm the biggest problem with it there was that a new government suddenly overturned it despite not having campaigned on the issue at all.
I don't know if you can take lessons from such a random act.
The article seems to imply the cause was the industry lobby. But really, what could be done differently? If that was indeed the cause, it will be applied to any kind of anti-smoking measure.
It was really dead on arrival, and a prohibition is already stupid hard doing one with a moving age gate..... yeah.
New Zealand had this policy but I think it’s been removed.
We have a progressive tax which is largely not working but it’s not so straightforward; for instance illegal imports are dealt with at differing levels across each state which complicates matters.
By and large though Australia’s current approach is definitely failing.