David Farrar: The $300 million tobacco tax cut lie

Labour keep claiming that the Government gave the tobacco industry a $300 million tax cut. This was based on reducing the excise on heated tobacco by 50% to see if the price difference would move people form smoking tobacco to heating it. The difference is huge in health terms – it is the combusting of tar in cigarettes that kills you. Heated tobacco is like vaping – not healthy, but better than smoking.