One of the top per capita
tobacco consuming nations,
the Ukraine is experiencing
a noticeable decrease in
smokers as the cigarette
excise tax hit 55% Sept 1.
That said, the Ukraine still
has some of cheapest smokes
in Europe. Another thing
to annoy Russia...
article by Ivan Verstyuk
kyivpost.com: Smoking popularity drops as government hikes taxes
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| Photo: Anastasia Vlasova |
...taxation and restriction as the two
fundamental ways that government
and antismoking coalitions are
winning the Tobacco War. This
is not just national; smoking bans
in places like Russia and Africa
and tobacco taxes going through
the roof in places like Australia
and Great Britain are, in fact, slowly
turning the mighty, once thought
unstoppable Smoking ship around.
These methods appear to not only
be the best ways to stem the tide
of nicotine addiction; but hitting
the smoking population in the
pocketbook and restricting public
access to places to smoke appear
to be having a favorable impact in
steering the world towards a more
smoke free destination.
This one-two punch combination
looks like it's working....
