MANILA, Philippines — Health experts are calling for higher taxes on cigarettes and larger warning labels on the packaging after a new study found that such policies help motivate Filipino smokers to ...

A new study suggests that increasing cigarette taxes and expanding graphic health warnings on cigarette packs could encourage millions of Filipinos to quit smoking. Research published in the journal ...

Public health experts have urged the government to reform tobacco pricing and taxation in the upcoming FY2026-27 national budget, saying stronger taxes could reduce tobacco consumption and increase ...

Survey finds 88 per cent of smokers cannot tell smuggled from taxed cigarettes under proposed plain packs as advocates call for better QR code system Nearly 90 per cent of Hong Kong smokers cannot ...

Republic being used as gateway for smuggling into UK as organised crime drives growing black-market trade across Europe ...

The report comes as state legislatures across the country are considering tax increases on cigarette packs. In Utah, ...

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A proposal would halve the sin tax on heated cigarettes in an effort to reduce smoking in South Carolina. The amended bill ...

A measure that would differentiate heated tobacco products (HTPs) from traditional cigarettes and instead classify them as ...

Legislators could cut tobacco taxes in half for a relatively new kind of electronic cigarette not yet available in South Carolina stores, while increasing taxes on vapes. Companies have ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing pushback on her plans to tax nicotine pouches from critics who warn it will fuel the illicit market and ...