Taxing tobacco is a win-win for health services under pressure. So why aren’t governments demanding more? | Mary Assunta

Anti-tobacco researchers have produced an index looking at the industry which they say shows how companies are succeeding in influencing governments to ensure taxes remain flat or stubbornly lowAmid international aid cuts and a murky global economic outlook, health ministries and civil society groups around the world are worried about funding basic healthcare and prevention programmes. Public health is in a fragile state: it needs money.Countries are being advised to increase domestic revenues to bridge shortfalls, and taxing unhealthy products such as tobacco is a win-win. Higher taxes reduce demand and therefore the burden of related disease, while filling government coffers. Continue reading...

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