Flavored cigarettes make smoking easier and are particularly attractive to women and children, according to a recent study conducted in South Korea.Read More
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It is ironic that the South Korea government is proposing to push the price of heat-not-burn sticks higher than that of traditional cigarettes because it needs additional revenue to pay for its health program.Read More
Raising by more than 370 percent the excise tax on heat-not-burn sticks would be unreasonable only if the South Korean government’s goal was harm reduction.Read More
In a straight fight between tax increases and harm reduction, the former is always going to win the day; as South Korea seems set to demonstrate.Read More
There was a time when a man’s home was his castle, but the battlements are being torn down. And is that the barbarians at the gate?Read More
Capacity constraints comprise one of the major competitors tobacco companies face in trying to increase their sales of heat-not-burn tobacco devices.Read More
In theory, South Korea’s additional cigarette-tax revenues should be spent on health care associated with tobacco-related diseases; but in practice they aren’t.Read More
Talk of the tobacco-smoking end-game has been around for some time, but lately it has taken on a different form: one that offers smokers alternative products rather than nothing.Read More
Competition within South Korea’s emerging heat-not-burn market is likely to heat up considerably this year.Read More
A lack of understanding about the differences between conventional cigarettes, heated-tobacco products and electronic cigarettes could lead to bad policy decisions in South Korea.Read More
