If you are smoker and want to go to Australia.

As a man from the country where the people and the government are more tolerant of smokers, I decided to go to Australia and that's what I noticed there - If you are tourist smoker and you decided to visit such a wonderful country as Australia, then this is what you should know about tobacco consumption:
In Australia, acting draconian anti-smoking laws that, in my opinion, gets absolutely ugly.

Cigarette Price

The worst thing is the price on cigarettes and tobacco product. The price is regulated by the government through the introduction of extortionate duties, taxes and fees for smokers. I don't know what is the formula, but the retail price on cigarettes is very high, one of the highest in the world.

The price on filtered cigarettes in Australia ranges from 14 to 25 dollars for a pack!

Here are the prices of some familiar cigarette brands, per pack of 20 pieces, in the most widespread store - "Woolworth "on July 11, 2015:
JPS - $14,79; Bond - $16,09; Rothmans-19,90; Camel - 19,90; Dunhill- 21,15; Marlboro - 21,45; Kent - 23,09.

As a result, a carton of cigarettes costs about 150 - $230. The amazing amount of money, but even more amazing is the fact that for the same amount (as one carton of cigarettes!) in Australia, you can buy:
Two external USB drivers of two terabytes each, or steam mop for washing floors - two pieces, or two sets of women's evening shoes, or one computer monitor, or a set of furniture for garden and much more.

Can you imagine what a psychological stress experiencing any ordinary Australian smoker buying a carton of cigarettes with the idea that he deprives his family from a more pleasant purchase.

Smoking Advertising

Cigarette advertising in Australia in any form is prohibited. It is prohibited so much that you will not find any mention that in any store you can buy cigarettes. Only in specialized tobacco shops. Therefore, you will never be able to stand looking at a pack of cigarettes, deciding what you want to smoke today Marlboro or Camel, or something else. Cigarette brand names on price tag is forbidden, you should know what you smoke and this brand you should ask.

All cigarette packages must have scaring pictures and have nothing attractive at all, they all have the same color, shape and font. So, the scaring pictures on cigarettes cover almost the entire pack and the brand name of cigarettes is finely written at the bottom of a pack.

Australian smoking rules

In Australia, smoking is prohibited almost everywhere: at bus stops, in parks and gardens, close to the playgrounds, hospitals, pubs and so on. Smoking is allowed only in designated smoking areas. As often happens, the severity of the laws is offset by their weak performance. Australians smoking everywhere: at bus stops, on streets, in the underground public parking garages, around the places where smoking is strictly prohibited: near state agencies, airports and stations, hospitals, on the streets you can often find a mountain of cigarette butts.

Of course the sale of cigarettes to person under 18 years old is prohibited. There are discussions about banning cigarette sale to person under 21 years old. The import of cigarettes in Australia is severely restricted. One person can bring through customs no more than 50 cigarettes = 2.5 cigarette package of 20 pieces. Therefore, it is possible to bring more than 50 cigarettes by paying a fee, almost equal to the price of Australian cigarettes.

Conclusions

In Australia, despite all the bans people smoke a lot. In any case, not less than in other countries, where the rules are much softer. This confirms once again that the fight against any social phenomenon by prohibiting it is at least ineffective.

Women in Australia smoke more than men, but this is probably a general world trend. Young people smoke less than older.

If you smoke and you want to go to Australia, it is better to stop smoking. If you can't quit smoking, then you have to bring through customs a lot of cigarettes, or a lot of money, or to buy cigarettes online.

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