A paper published in the American Journal of Health Economics examined something policymakers often prefer not to look at too closely: what actually happens when access to safer nicotine alternatives is restricted.
Inconvenient Truths: the pro illicit trade effects of anti vaping policy & sky high cigarette excise. Australian tobacco control has taken a huge bet against tobacco harm reduction and against smoke-free disruptive innovations. But just as almost all prohibitions & quasi prohibitions fail, almost all new drug harm reductions are effective and eventually get adopted. And also most disruptive innovations are successful. Australian tobacco control is heading for a big, embarrassing fall.
Inconvenient Truths: the pro illicit trade effects of anti vaping policy & sky high cigarette excise. Australian tobacco control has taken a huge bet against tobacco harm reduction and against smoke-free disruptive innovations. But just as almost all prohibitions & quasi prohibitions fail, almost all new drug harm reductions are effective and eventually get adopted. And also most disruptive innovations are successful. Australian tobacco control is heading for a big, embarrassing fall.
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