Litigation and Liability as Regulation to Reduce Tobacco Related Harm

澳大利亚所有政府于2004年11月签署的新的《国家烟草战略》解释说，成功的烟草控制干预措施会带来重大的社会和经济回报，包括健康和独立的老龄化、可持续的保健系统、更强大的经济、更强大的社区、更强大的家庭、改善土著人民的健康以及减少非法药物的危害。NTS承认，监管是关键的烟草控制干预措施。该研究将探讨并建议新的监管方法，这些方法有能力大幅减少烟草造成的危害，并最大限度地提高烟草控制对社区的社会和经济回报。

The new National Tobacco Strategy, signed in November 2004 by all Australian Governments, explains that successful tobacco control interventions bring major social and economic returns, including healthy and independent ageing, sustainable health care systems, a stronger economy, stronger communities, stronger families, improved indigenous health, and less harm from illicit drugs. The NTS acknowledges that regulation is a key tobacco control intervention. The research will explore and make recommendations about new regulatory approaches that have the capacity to substantially reduce the harm caused by tobacco, and to maximise the social and economic returns of tobacco control to the community.