Take cigarettes off retail shelves to support quitters, experts say.

Take cigarettes off retail shelves to support quitters, experts say.
But since then, it has focused mainly on increasing the tax on cigarettes by 12.5 per cent annually ( from 2013 -2020), says lead author, Associate Professor Coral Gartner, School of Public Health, University of Queensland.
In 2013, the tax on a single cigarette was 35.4?.
By 2020, it was $1.10.
“While these are important strategies, they put a lot of pressure on the individual to quit, without changing the wider environmental context,” Professor Gartner says.
“You might be trying to quit smoking and every time you go to a convenience store, a petrol station or a supermarket, you know the products are right there waiting for you.
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“We’re talking about shifting focus to the environment, so it supports people quitting, and we’re talking about ending retail sales.
Phasing out tobacco retailing is gaining traction as the natural next step in controlling the tobacco pandemic and setting an end date is important and is long overdue.”

A date would help to end the conflict between public health goals to reduce sales and the fiduciary obligations of commercial retailing businesses to maximise profits through sales.