Plain paper cigarette packaging a government failure

The Australian government is a corporation that serves to the financial benefit of other government sanctioned corporations.

Policies that are brought in by the government are NOT law, but this escapes the comprehension of the general public.

The bureaucrats of Australian government allegedly thought that it would be a good idea to put cigarettes from their respective manufacturers into plain paper packaging.

The reasoning touted behind this idea (among others) was that:

• As a health move, as it would deter current smokers, and lessen the numbers of new smokers,

• Plain packaging would cost less, therefore cigarettes would be cheaper.

The Victorian government takes in approximately $5 billion annually from the sale of cigarettes within the state, a revenue the government has no intention of decreasing.

The real results show that cigarette smkoing has NOT decreased as a result of the plain packing.

The other farce is that the cost did not go down as claimed, but rather went up.

People are also finding other cheaper alternative cigarettes, without the industry added poisonous chemicals, and without the government taxes, which are incidently unlawful.

What appears to the masss as a 'failure' is infact a win for both the government and the cigarette manufacturers.

Cigarettes are a drug of addiction (drugs of addiction are apparently illegal - e.g. marijuana), that cause various type of cancers.

The government is NOT concerned about the welfare of its taxpayers, but rather the revenue the sales bring in.

If it truly was (concerned) the sale of cigarettes would be illegal, just like marijuana is.