Thailand’s Finance Ministry could be seen to have scored an own goal by changing the country’s tobacco-tax structure in such a way as to undermine local sales.Read More
After a long battle with the drinks industry, the way has been cleared for the Scottish government to introduce minimum alcohol prices. Is it now the turn of the tobacco industry?Read More
Those setting cigarette tax rates in the UK must surely pause for thought when they learn that people aged 14 to 15 are being drawn towards the illegal tobacco trade.Read More
Indonesia’s Health Minister has said that the country needs to conduct its own studies into the impact of tobacco rather than cut-and-paste the figures obtained from overseas studies.Read More
While the government of Tanzania and potential buyers haggle over the price that should be paid for 'excess tobacco', it is the farmers who are suffering.Read More
Once again, UK smokers, many of whom are financially poor, are being forced by the Chancellor to pay more than their fair share to the government’s coffers.Read More
An organization launched in Indonesia aims to stand up for the rights of smokers and counter the discrimination that they suffer.Read More
The availability of electronic cigarettes is one of the reasons given for a drop in smoking in New Zealand; a drop that has been most marked among teenagers.Read More
A story in the Japan Times reporting who was expected to replace the existing president at Japan Tobacco Inc. has not been confirmed by the company.Read More
Japan seems intent on introducing fairer indoor tobacco-smoking regulations than those that have been imposed in many other countries. It is looking at restrictions rather a ban.Read More
