Is it ethical to force smokers to pay for a country’s long-term care plan when, given what is said about life expectancies, they are not going to benefit from such long-term care? Read More
Staff Writer
March 13, 2017
Attendance was up by just over six percent at the third TFWA China’s Century Conference, which was held in Guangzhou last week.Read More
Staff Writer
March 9, 2017
The UK budget has just slapped another wodge of tax on cigarettes, the lowest priced of which already attracted rates of 90 percent. No wonder the country boasts a thriving black market.Read More
Staff Writer
March 8, 2017
New Zealand, which imposes eye-watering levels of tobacco taxes, cannot be surprised that cigarettes are being targeted in retail-store robberies. Smokers are addicted to these products, and are often financially poor.Read More
Staff Writer
March 8, 2017
The UK Vaping Industry Association has produced some persuasive figures with which to try to dissuade the Chancellor from applying excise tax to vaping devices.Read More
Staff Writer
March 6, 2017
Philip Morris International deserves praise for having invested a lot of money in developing heated-tobacco devices, but it should not overstep the mark in promoting them. Read More
Staff Writer
February 1, 2017
The Philippine government collected less revenue from tobacco products in 2016 due to lower consumption, illicit trade and tax evasion.Read More
Staff Writer
January 12, 2017
Once again it seems that smokers – this time those in Taiwan – are being asked to pay for universal services that, presumably, the rest of the people aren’t willing to fund.Read More
Staff Writer
January 11, 2017
In imposing tobacco tax hikes in October and November, the government of Sri Lanka fell into the trap of diminishing returns during the final quarter of last year.Read More
Staff Writer
January 9, 2017
In raising both cigarette excise taxes and cigarette value-added taxes this month, the Indonesian government is putting the squeeze on tobacco consumers.Read More
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