"Tobacco is one of the big problems we're working on. Reducing taxes is one of a range of options we're considering. Allowing advertising and sports sponsorship are possibilities too. What people don't appreciate is that to maintain tobacco tax revenues and political donations, we have to ensure the tobacco companies are healthy. So it's a health issue."
No Associate Health Minister ever, I'm sure.
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