Israel looks to ban Juul
In taxing heat-not-burn products in the way it did, Israel seemed to fly in the face of the idea of relative risk. Now, with a plan to ban Juul, it seems to have lost the Read More
In taxing heat-not-burn products in the way it did, Israel seemed to fly in the face of the idea of relative risk. Now, with a plan to ban Juul, it seems to have lost the Read More
If reports that the UK Government intends to impose an excise tax on vapers to provide funds for the health service turns out to be true; it would be a case of robbing Peter to Read More
Authorities are unlikely to root out tobacco smuggling until they dispense with the fiction that they are 'losing' revenue to this trade; that they are somehow victims rather than the cause of it. Read More
It is unclear from a story about New York whether raising cigarette taxes reduces consumption or reduces the consumption of licit cigarettes only.Read More
The blame for the UK's illegal trade in tobacco is placed firmly on the shoulders of smokers and smugglers, but neither of these groups created the conditions for this trade to grow. Read More
E-liquid users and producers in Indonesia are looking on the bright side of a new excise tax, which, in effect, recognizes the legitimacy of the industry.Read More
Tobacco smuggling continues because the price at which cigarettes are sold bear no relation whatsoever to the cost of manufacturing and distributing them. Read More
Cigarette sales and tax revenue from those sales are headed in opposite directions in South Korea – for the time being.Read More
A plan by British American Tobacco to launch electronic cigarettes in Nigeria is to be welcomed. Such products need to be made available as widely as possible. Read More
Vapers and smokers in Indonesia have been granted a stay of execution by the Government, which is delaying until October the imposition of a 57 percent tax-burden on e-liquids.Read More