The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) is silently struggling in the battle against the tobacco epidemic that’s plaguing the World Health Organization region. Driven by a high rate of tobacco use, particularly among young people, smoking in EMRO is expected to increase by 2025, which is contrary to the trend in
Media Contact: Megan Manning (202) 390-9513 The Spanish Government Must Protect Health Over the Tobacco Industry 127 Health and Civil Rights Associations Demand that No New Tobacconist Licenses be Granted nor Renewed MADRID, SPAIN – SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 – Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) joins the 127 health, civil
This Report was written by the Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria A.C. (CIEP) in Mexico. Read the report here. The Report shares the results of CIEP’s extended cost-benefit analysis of increasing tobacco taxes and the distributional effects raising tobacco taxes can have. CIEP found that larger tax increases on
The French government has raised the tax by 6.5%, the first bump in the country since 2004. PARIS – French smokers are now paying more for their cigarettes and other tobacco products, including roll-your-own, as the country’s first tax hike in eight years went into effect Oct. 1, Radio France
