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Duncan Murray

INSANE: Mixed message financial hurdle to quitting smoking - The Real Truth

It can be cheaper for Aussies wanting to stop smoking to source illicit cigarettes than quit aids. (Nikki Short/AAP PHOTOS)

It can cost more to quit smoking than to continue puffing away on black-market cigarettes.

Australia's approach of heavily taxing cigarettes while failing to widely subsidise quit aids is working against those most in need of support, the authors of a University of Notre Dame paper claim.

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