Taxes raise prices, and higher prices reduce smoking. But duty-free tobacco sales remain a policy anomaly and deny the government much-needed health revenue.
- Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
What could Jeremy Hunt do for voters ahead of a general election?
Not all UK water companies are run in the same way.
Water and energy prices are fixed, so why not do the same with cigarettes?
Leaving the EU presents a chance to adopt better regulation and more tax on tobacco.
It is time governments made corporations pay for the harm they cause.
Taktik ekonomi pelaku industri tembakau berperan besar dalam melanggengkan kebiasaan merokok.
Economic tactics play a big part in a habit that’s hard to break.
And Brexit could make things even more challenging.
Vaping has given governments a huge opportunity to cajole cigarette companies towards better public health.
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