Taiwan is making no bones about the fact that a huge cigarette tax rise is being imposed so as to raise much-needed revenue. That it might force some to quit smoking is in the background. Read More
Whether what is being considered is workable or not; at least South Korea’s new regime is trying to address the regressive nature of cigarette taxes.Read More
The Indian government’s strategy of increasing taxes on cigarettes to reduce smoking is feeding demand for illicit cigarettes; the presence of which on the market is undermining that strategy. Read More
Nepalese smokers could in future be confronted with 90-percent graphic health warnings and assailed by tax hikes.Read More
Despite having an illegal tobacco trade that is already burning furiously, the Canadian province of Ontario has decided to add fuel to the fire with further cigarette tax increases.Read More
Sri Lanka is debating how it might reverse an increasing trend in cigarette consumption, which went from about 3.6 billion in 2014 to about 3.8 billion in 2016.Read More
A candidate in South Korea’s forthcoming presidential elections has vowed to return cigarette prices to the levels of 2014 – before a huge tax increase on January 1, 2015.Read More
There seems to be growing concern even outside tobacco-industry circles about the negative effects that cigarette tax hikes have on many vulnerable smokers. Read More
Tobacco seeds imported into Azerbaijan, which were subject to a three percent duty, will, from the end of next month, be zero rated.Read More
Faced with allegations of tax evasion, the Philippines’ Mighty Corp, whose tobacco manufacturing business is said to support tens of thousands of workers, has asked for a fair hearing.Read More
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