A perfect storm of tax increases, anti-tobacco regulations and fierce competition have taken their toll on the earnings of Indonesia’s big cigarette manufacturers.Read More
In the Czech Republic, as in many other countries, regulatory authorities are having to get to grips with another nicotine device – heat-not-burn products.Read More
UK travellers are this summer being warned about the consequences of becoming involved in the illegal trade in tobacco products.Read More
A study has found that, in brief, increases in cigarette prices can make the financially less-well-off even poorer. Read More
Governments, it seems, must be convinced that they would be acting in their own best revenue-interests before they enact ‘effective’, tobacco-product taxation policies.Read More
The 2018 Tax Stamp Forum is due to be held in Kenya, in May.Read More
Nearly a quarter of the counterfeit products seized last year at the EU’s external borders were cigarettes.Read More
New regulations being proposed in Israel would require cigarette advertisements in newspapers or online to be accompanied by public notices telling of the dangers of smoking.Read More
Compared with the targets being set by some other countries, Malaysia’s target of becoming tobacco-smoke-free by 2045 seems less than ambitious, but at least it’s something to aim at.Read More
The acceptance of an initial payment of about P3.5 billion toward the liabilities of the Philippines’ Mighty Corp seems to be the harbinger of a final resolution of this tax dispute.Read More
