"Mokdad mentions Australia, where the tobacco tax is $14 per pack plus an additional $2 sales tax." There is something else going on as well. The young (Austra

"Mokdad mentions Australia, where the tobacco tax is $14 per pack plus an additional $2 sales tax." There is something else going on as well. The young (Australians) don't see smoking as ^cool^. In fact the path to smoking is the path to being a social pariah. You can't smoke in pubs, clubs, taxis, trains, trams, in or around public buildings. The Australian curse is alcohol and drugs.