What should a government – any government – do if its stated aim of using taxation to force smokers to quit comes into conflict with its less-well-advertised aim of increasing revenues?Read More
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Electronic-cigarette retailers in Kenya are enjoying something of a sales boom as people who once smoked the now-banned shisha cast about for alternative products.Read More
The relevance of the results of a study of shisha smoking among Kenya’s students has probably been undermined by the banning of shisha in the country during the term of the study.Read More
Following the example set by Tanzania and Rwanda, Kenya has become the third East African country to ban shisha smoking.Read More
Although Kenya banned tobacco smoking in public places in 2007, activists say that not much has happened since to lighten the burden of tobacco-related diseases.Read More
The negative health consequences of tobacco use are said to be putting a strain on Kenya's efforts to achieve its development goals.Read More
The 2018 Tax Stamp Forum is due to be held in Kenya, in May.Read More
Former employees of Alliance One Tobacco (Kenya) are going to court to try to force the company to hand over severance pay, but the company seems to be questioning whether they all worked for it.Read More
A local story has it that Kenya might quit tobacco production by 2025 if certain recommendations are accepted. But then the same recommendations were put forward 16 years ago.Read More
Proposals for reducing cigarette taxes don’t come along very often, and, in Kenya, where such a proposal has been made, some organizations are expressing their displeasure.Read More
