Countries committed to reducing
smoking are employing what is
called a Value Added Tax (VAT)
to increase the price of a tobacco
product to make it less accessible
to youth…India is trying to follow
Australia's lead as the former sees
its male smoking rate increase
dramatically over the last ten years…
The Health Site: Indian Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan encourages VAT to discourage youth smoking
Romancing The Smoke is John Aaron's blog about his lifelong battle to quit smoking (which he did more than nine years ago) and the stories, history and news in the absurd world of Tobacco and Nicotine. Author of Romancing The Smoke: Reflections of a Nicotine Addict, John illustrated writer Sean Daly's memoir and completed his second book, Aaron's Book of Contemporary Demons. Romancing The Smoke can be found on Amazon. Twitter: @romancethesmoke
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