Economics

Smoking plays a significant economic role in society. There are significant costs of smoking to the economy including treatment of disease and cigarette tax is a major source of revenue to the government. This section provides information on the economics of tobacco in Australia including the role of the tobacco industry, the economic effect of smokefree policies in hospitality and economic evaluations of smoking cessation interventions.

Costs of smoking

This section provides resources on the economic costs of smoking.

Smokefree & hospitality

This section provides resources on the economic impact of smokefree policies in hospitality.

Economic evaluations of smoking cessation interventions

This page provides resources of economic evaluations of smoking cessation interventions.

Taxation

This section includes resources on taxation policy and the latest Australian tobacco taxes.

Production and Market share

Information regarding the tobacco industry in Australia, including its growing, manufacture, consumption and taxation.