ABC Online | Labor aware cigarette price rise to $40 a packet will hurt poor people, Chris ... ABC Online Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen says Labor is keenly aware that its policy to push the price of cigarettes to $40 a packet by 2020 will hurt the poor. The Labor Party announced earlier that, if elected, it would gradually increase tax on cigarettes ... Labor to raise tobacco taxes if elected $40 a pack: cigarette price rise 'a tax grab on poorest' Labor MPs question cigarette tax hike |