Lower taxes on heated tobacco products are subsidizing tobacco industry, research reveals

Governments which impose lower taxes on heated tobacco products in the hope of encouraging smokers away from conventional cigarettes are effectively subsidizing the tobacco industry, missing out on much-needed tax revenues and hampering their own public health initiatives, new research from the University of Bath shows. The findings appear in the BMJ.

“You misquoted me,” Matambo tells News Diggers

COPPERBELT Province Minister Elisha Matambo has refuted media reports suggesting he compared Ndola to Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city. On Monday, News Diggers reported that Mr Matambo claimed one would think they were in Johannesburg if they visited Ndola, due to the development undertaken by the UPND government in the city. However, Mr Matambo, through the […]

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