More Taxes on Tobacco

The member countries of the Framework Convention for the Control of Tobacco have approved raising taxes on the tobacco industry.  

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

This new document seeks to "... strengthen measures relating to applicable taxes and prices in order to reduce consumption and the number of deaths from consumption of tobacco, as it is closely related to the cost of the product."

Panamaamerica.com.pa reports that the new guideline "... Recommends Parties implement 'coherent policies' on tobacco taxes and consider the peculiarities of each country, without establishing, however, a common fixed level of tax for all of them. "

"... At the Moscow meeting methods were studies for using resources generated by these tax policies to finance public tobacco control strategies and, above all, to avoid the interference of the tobacco industry in decision-making."

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