It is already among the most expensive places in the world to buy cigarettes, but the cost of tobacco in Australia is about to rise even more.
A packet of cigarettes in the country will cost $40 (£23) by 2020, after new legislation was cleared in the Australian parliament yesterday (14 September).
The levy on cigarettes will rise by 12.5 per cent over four years, increasing the price by more than 50 per cent and raising an estimated $4.7billion (£3.5billion) in the process.