Tag: Tobacco taxes
Ottawa’s Tobacco Tax Should Reflect The Relative Risks of Different Products
Given the relative safety of vapes, if teens are vaping instead of smoking, this is still a victory for public health.Currently no such tax...
Potential $10 Minimum On Cigarettes In St. Paul
A city in the US state of Minneapolis is considering an anti-tobacco ordinance that includes a $10 minimum fee hike on cigarette packs sold...
Hungary: Reactions to Steep Increases in Tobacco Taxes
A 2019 press release on the EC’s website had explained that Hungary was given until December 31st, 2017, to gradually increase the excise duty...
US: The AHA Wants Increased Tobacco Taxes. But Are These Effective?
Studies indicate that increased tax rates on vaping products are directly proportional to increased smoking rates.Published on Governing, Brown’s article spoke in favour of...
New Zealand’s Tobacco Tax Revenue Plunges as More Smokers Quit
An article on Stuff revealed that this drop in tax revenue is being mainly attributed to a 47.8% decline in tobacco duty driven by...
Germany: A Higher Vape Tax Will Have Dire Repercussions on Public...
A report published earlier this year in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, had discussed the German Federal Ministry of Finance plans to increase the current...
JTI Malaysia Asked Authorities For Policy Against Illicit Cigarettes
Last November, JTI’s Managing Director Cormac O’Rourke, said that besides the RM5 billion loss in revenue faced each year, Malaysia must also take into...
Indonesia to Increase Tobacco Tax by 12.5%
The 12.5% increase in tobacco excise tax was recently announced by Indonesia’s finance minister Sri Mulyani, who said that it will be effective as...
