"We know the education campaign will not begin overseas until 1 September 2012 and will not involve

Vanessa Hudgens arriving at Sydney International Airport for her latest film premier, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island on 17 January 2012. Cuts in Duty Free allowance are expected to cause long lines at Australian airports. Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi via Wikimedia Commons.
The Duty Free allowance on cigarettes and tobacco will be cut at Australian airports on 1 September 2012. As a result, long lines can be expected upon arrival at airports because many arriving passengers – especially those traveling from overseas – will not be aware of the new policy, the Australian Airports Association (AAA) believes.
"We know there will be no advertising of the change in China until November - two months after the restriction starts ‐ and China is one of the highest tobacco user countries in the world," says AAA Chief Executive Officer Caroline Wilkie.
"We know the education campaign will not begin overseas until 1 September 2012 and will not involve radio, television, or newspapers. Consequently people will arrive from other countries with no knowledge of this new restriction."
Australia's Federal Government has decided that as of 1 September 2012, visitors entering Australia will no longer be able to bring a carton of cigarettes into Australia duty free. Instead, the amount of duty free tobacco allowed inbound by an adult over 18 will be reduced to 50 cigarettes or 50 mg of tobacco.
"We have been advised overseas based duty free retailers will not advise those traveling to Australia of the changes to allowances, as they will lose sales. We know the new restrictions will mean Australia doesn't comply with known international duty free standards and conventions, causing added confusion."
"Airports are concerned that implementing this new restriction tomorrow will cause significant pressure on airport infrastructure and create major delays at the primary line because Customs have not been given enough time or money to deliver an education campaign and operational plan for a smooth rent a car cheap implementation process," Caroline says.
"We have asked the Government to defer the implementation date until 1 March 2013, but our requests have been ignored. Travelers are already experiencing delays being processed as they enter Australia at a number of our international airports due to last year's cuts to Customs staff. This ill‐considered implementation date for the duty free tobacco cuts is going to make an already dire situation rent a car cheap disastrous."
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