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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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January 3, 2017
Cigarette smokers in New Zealand are having to pay more for their cigarettes following a start-of-the-year 10 percent tobacco excise tax rise. And there are three more such increases in the pipeline. Read More
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December 21, 2016
Fiscal and non-fiscal policies are needed to reduce the prevalence of tobacco smoking in Indonesia, the country’s Finance Ministry believes.Read More
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The 55-cents-per-pack fee that the state of Texas, USA, imposes on smaller tobacco manufacturers is an unconstitutional tax, an appeals court ruled, according to Courthouse News Service. House Bill 3525, which Texas lawmakers approved in 2013, levied Read More
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