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Britain’s Tobacco Policy Paradox: Legal Vape Shops Squeezed as Illicit Cigarettes Thrive

Britain’s Tobacco Policy Paradox: Legal Vape Shops Squeezed as Illicit Cigarettes Thrive

The growing illicit tobacco crisis raises questions over new policies increasing costs for legal vape retailers while criminal sellers continue supplying cheap cigarettes. There is an ever-increasing contradiction facing Britain’s strategy for controlling tobacco: while the authorities are investing heavily in putting a stop to illegal cigarettes, the new taxes...

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The £2.20 Vape Tax: Inside the Industry's Case Against the Rate

The £2.20 Vape Tax: Inside the Industry's Case Against the Rate

Vaping products are for adult smokers and existing vapers only. Vaping is not risk-free. Not suitable for non-smokers or anyone under 18. The Vape Tax: Inside the Industry's Case Against the RateTen weeks before the UK's new Vaping Products Duty takes effect, HMRC sent its own policy lead into a...

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Le Pen Pledges Tobacco Tax Freeze as EU Excise Fight Continues

Le Pen Pledges Tobacco Tax Freeze as EU Excise Fight Continues

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has promised to freeze tobacco taxes and end automatic inflation-linked price increases, siding with French tobacconists as European Union governments continue negotiating a sweeping overhaul of tobacco and nicotine excise rules. The Rassemblement National candidate pledged in an open letter to French tobacconists published...

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