In Morocco, an increase in taxes on tobacco products is seen simply as a way of raising more cash for the Government.Read More
Non-smokers in New Zealand welcomed the New Year in the knowledge that smokers would be paying even more tax and thereby funding public services that non-smokers could enjoy. Read More
Pakistan's illegal cigarette trade is a heavyweight, but last year saw it lose a few rounds.Read More
There is an obvious flaw in the argument that increasing tobacco taxes can reduce smoking while paying for health care for everyone.Read More
Given the hand-wringing over young people and tobacco, it is shocking – but not surprising – that US states spend only 2.4 percent of their tobacco income on smoking prevention and quitting campaigns.Read More
New Zealand is currently behind in its quest to reduce its tobacco-smoking incidence to five percent by 2025, and it isn't going to get there walking. Read More
In Malaysia, taxes on heat-not-burn tobacco sticks are lower than they are on combustible cigarettes. This makes sense because the former is a lower-risk alternative to the latter.Read More
In parts of Pakistan, collecting cigarette taxes is not easy. It becomes easier if the price of the most modest licit cigarettes is as close as possible to the price of illicit cigarettes.Read More
Turkey is attacking smokers from all sides while continuing to grow and export tobacco, to produce and sell tobacco products and, of course, to collect increased tobacco taxes. Read More
Tobacco-product tax increases in Iran have performed well in cutting observable cigarette sales, but these have been replaced in part at least by smuggled products.Read More
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