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Governments that use tobacco excise tax increases to limit consumption need to look at the wider picture – at whether they are impoverishing tobacco growers and enriching criminals.Read More
From the figures below and a knowledge of the price of excisable goods in other jurisdictions; it is obvious that the illegal trade in these goods is going to turn a profit.Read More
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