Steven Ciobo (Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Hansard source

The Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Bill 2018 makes an administrative improvement to the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 by increasing the range of suitably qualified, trained or experienced persons who may be appointed as authorised officers to undertake compliance activities in relation to tobacco plain packaging. This bill will allow the government to continue to contribute to its suite of tobacco controlled activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians across their lifespan and reduce preventable mortality and morbidity caused by tobacco use by reducing smoking prevalence and minimising associated health, social and economic costs. I thank members for their contributions to the debate on this bill.

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