Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester has already prefiled a bill to do so.
Treasurer, Scott Morrison, said in a speech to parliament: The net impact of the tobacco measures will raise $4.7bn (2.4billion) over the next four years." "One of the most effective ways to discourage smoking is to increase the price of cigarettes," he added
Who knows whether, if I had given up smoking, I should really have become the strong perfect man I imagined
According to the World Health Organization's view on tobacco, it is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. Tobacco kills up to half of its users, and when including secondhand smoke kills more than 8 million people per year
Decreased risk of developing cancer: Stopping smoking cigarettes reduces the risk of developing 12 different cancers, including those of the bladder, lung, colon and rectum, kidney, liver, mouth and throat, voice box, pancreas, and stomach