Smoking prevalence following tobacco tax increases in Australia between 2001 and 2017: an interrupted time-series analysis

BackgroundBuilding on substantial tobacco control action over the previous decade, Australia increased the taxes on tobacco by 25% without forewarning on April 30, 2010. Australia then became one of a few countries to pre-announce a series of increases in tobacco taxes, with annual 12·5% increases starting from December, 2013. We aimed to examine the effects of both tax increases on smoking prevalence.MethodsBy use of survey data from...