The consumable elements of heat-not-burn products look likely to incur a significant tax increase in South Korea.Read More
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One of the effects of the South Korean government’s tobacco tax hike at the beginning of 2015 was to encourage the import of electronic cigarettes.Read More
A tax increase that almost doubled the price of cigarettes in South Korea at the start of 2015 was apparently not enough to satisfy the World Health Organization.Read More
Flavored cigarettes make smoking easier and are particularly attractive to women and children, according to a recent study conducted in South Korea.Read More
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
