On the heels of
China's sweeping
smoking ban, South
Korea is implement-
ing its own method to
discourage smoking
with a cigarette tax
which will nearly double
the price of a pack of
cigarettes to 4,500 won,
or $4.05 US. It is
predicted that smoking
rates will drop 20%
from this tax. Bruce
Einhorn reports.
Businessweek: S. Korea tries taxing smoking into oblivion
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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