China Increased Taxes on Tobacco

At the end of last week Ministry of Finance told that China increases the wholesale tax rate for cigarettes to 11% from current 5%. The law came into action on Sunday and it aims to reduce number of smokers in the entire country. In past several years the country implemented more anti-smoking measures despite strong

WHO Calls for Tobacco Taxes Increase

On May 31 the world would celebrate No Tobacco Day. In connection with this the WHO calls the countries in the entire world to increase taxes on tobacco in order to encourage smokers to quit and prevent youth from becoming smokers. The WHO estimated that increasing tobacco taxes by 50% in all countries worldwide will