Health Minister Mark Butler has vowed to make cigarettes even more unattractive in the next phase of the Albanese government's effort to cut smoking rates. Health warnings such as "poison in every puff", "toxic addiction" and "causes 16 cancers" would be printed on cigarettes in further reforms aimed at countering Big Tobacco's attempts to circumvent Australia's plain packaging laws. "Australia needs to reclaim its position as a world leader on tobacco control," Mr Butler told The Canberra Times, as he vowed to make the new warnings a reality. The Health Department has been market-testing the proposed warnings on cigarettes, based on the approach taken by Canada, and last week concluded a co... [Read more]