$40 for pack of cigarettes after new laws

(News.com.au) Smokers will soon be slugged $40 for a packet of cigarettes.

Bipartisan legislation to increase the tax on cigarettes over four years cleared parliament on Wednesday night.

The excise will increase by 12.5 per cent each year to 2020.

Labor backed the legislation, having announced similar measures before the July 2 election.

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