Tag: Tobacco taxes
Some Sense at Last? Coalition Proposes 80% Tobacco Tax Cut and...
Australia’s escalating illicit tobacco crisis has pushed a once politically unthinkable idea into mainstream debate: what if extremely high cigarette taxes and restrictions on...
Australia’s Backwards Nicotine Policy, Part 2: Could Canada’s Tax Strategy Offer...
Australia’s tobacco debate is increasingly about more than smoking rates. With illicit cigarettes and vapes capturing a growing share of nicotine consumption, policymakers face...
Hong Kong Public Health Expert Suggests a Raise in Tobacco Tax
Dr. Ho Sai-yin is suggesting doubling the tax on cigarette packs to HK$76 (US$9.70) each, which would push the retail price to roughly HK$97....
Study: Countries With Higher Tobacco Taxes Had Higher Teen Vaping Rates
The majority of teens who vaped did so on an experimental basis and do not use the products regularly.The study titled, “Association between the...
Australian Study: Tobacco Taxes May Lead to Increased Vaping Rates
Vaping rates tended to be lower in low-and middle-income countries.Titled, “Association between the implementation of tobacco control policies and adolescent vaping in 44 lower-middle,...
Canada: British Columbia Adds Sales Tax to Cigarettes
Effective July 1st, the province has added a tax on other products, including cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco.As of the 1st of January, a...
The WHO Claims That Tobacco Taxes Reduce Consumption Rates
At the recent FCTC COP9, delegates reported that the number of global tobacco consumers fell from 1.32 billion in 2015 to 1.3 billion in...
Study: US Tobacco Tax Increases Could Help Achieve Smokefree Goal by...
A recent study found that increased tax rates on vaping products are directly proportional to increased smoking rates.The Healthy People 2030 goal is to...
