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Fragment    Next Fragment Tuesday, 15 June 2010 Page: 3200
Senator XENOPHON (1:05 PM) —I welcome the government’s move to
increase the tobacco excise. I do have reservations, though, in
the context of the whole issue of preventive health and I
believe that this debate ought to be seen in that context. I do
welcome that cigarettes are more expensive and that this will
lead to a decline in consumption but I am concerned about the
overall policy framework in relation to this. I am grateful for
the advice and material provided to me over my years both in
this place and in my former role in the South Australian
parliament by Action on Smoking and Health, in particular its
executive director, Anne Jones, who has been a tireless
campaigner on the health effects of smoking.  Michelle Scollo
and Margaret Winstanley, two of Australia’s leading tobacco
researchers, have estimated that in the 50 years between 1950 a