Australia: Victoria Considers New Proposals To Reduce Youth Smoking

Under a new Victorian proposal to reduce youth smoking, underage smoking will be outlawed and parents banned from lighting up in cars with children. Nationals MP Damian Drum signalled in state parliament that he would introduce a private member’s bill to reduce the number of young smokers. The bill, to be tabled early next year, would make smoking illegal for under 18s and introduce penalties for minors caught smoking. [click link for full article]

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