Labor Wants to Cut Smoking Prevalence Across Australia

Cigarette butts fill a smoking receptacle outside a federal building in Washington on April 15, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages will be updated, and appealing names on vapes will be phased out as part of new measures to stop Australians from smoking.

New laws introduced to federal parliament on Wednesday will also see tobacco packets standardised along with the design and look of filters.