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A$24 million is an absolute drop in the bucket compared to the economic cost of tobacco - an estimated A$137 billion per year in Australia alone from lost life,
by elil17 5y ago
A$24 million is an absolute drop in the bucket compared to the economic cost of tobacco - an estimated A$137 billion per year in Australia alone from lost life, diseases, and lost productivity for tobacco victims and their families.
- cletus 5y agoNot to poorer countries it isn't. The cost of legal action quite literally scared off South American countries from adopting similar measures. And I wasn't clear: I don't oppose the Swiss government's action. Not in the slightest.
- elil17 5y agoWell it’s still a drop in the bucket compared to the economic costs, the governments just don’t have access to the funds needed. That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be worth it for society if they could do it.