Ed Jegasothy
Ed Jegasothy is a senior lecturer at Sydney University, specializing in public health and economics with a focus on tobacco control policies. He has been vocal about the shortcomings of Treasury's economic models related to tobacco excise and their failure to account for variables such as substitution effects and the rise of illegal tobacco trade. Jegasothy argues that the government's revenue forecasts are misleading and that the effectiveness of tobacco taxes in reducing smoking rates has never been adequately evaluated.
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Ed Jegasothy said Treasury had long acknowledged that higher prices for tobacco could drive an increase in the illegal cigarette trade.
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