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Global health officials urge countries to raise ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks
04 Jul 2025 12:31 GMT
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The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to raise prices on tobacco, alcohol … Dr Jeremy Farrar, who leads the WHO’s work on … added.
Research indicates tobacco taxes help reduce smoking … raising taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products across …
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WHO calls on countries to up ‘sin tax’ on tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks by 50% by 2035
04 Jul 2025 10:49 GMT
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries to … incentives to unhealthy industries, including tobacco. Moreover, long-term investment agreements … with industry that restrict tobacco tax increases can further undermine …
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Three arrested and illegal vapes and tobacco seized in raids on town shops
04 Jul 2025 12:31 GMT
… illegal tobacco and a large amount of illegal vapes and cigarettes … identifying victims and pursuing those who look to profit by … 32,040 cigarettes, 8.8kg of hand rolling tobacco and more … Wagtail dogs trained to detect tobacco.
Products seized include vapes …
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Man held by police after allegedly throwing lit cigarette in his mother’s face
04 Jul 2025 12:23 GMT
… after allegedly throwing a lit cigarette in his mother’s face … and charged with recidivism.
Grima, who is unemployed after being declared … occasion, he threw a lit cigarette at her and hit her …
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Cigarette burns, brain haemorrhage and 44 injuries found in Ajith Kumar’s autopsy: Tamil Nadu custodial death sparks state-wide protests
04 Jul 2025 07:43 GMT
… hours. Forensic evidence of cigarette burns indicates particularly cruel … Ramanathapuram SP G. Chandeesh, who is also in charge of … the time.
Earlier, Saktheeswaran, who works at the temple, …
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Assistant News Editor who covers Tamil Nadu affairs …
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Why Sri Lanka needs smarter approach to tobacco tax policy
04 Jul 2025 06:25 GMT
… World Health Organization (WHO) and adopted in several countries to project how adjustments to tobacco … tax collection persist
Simultaneously, illicit cigarettes—those smuggled, untaxed, and unregulated …
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Glasgow man who died in Cheapside Street disaster honoured with Elizabeth Emblem
04 Jul 2025 06:20 GMT
… It spread to the nearby tobacco warehouse, an ice cream factory … Oliver. The fourteen firefighters who died were: Fireman John … Watson. 106 public servants who died in service from across … Moore, a retired paramedic who rejoined the Scottish Ambulance Service …
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WHO calls for hike tax on soft drinks, alcohol and tobacco
04 Jul 2025 05:15 GMT
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is pushing countries to raise … of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50pc over the next …
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WHO Report Claims Malaysia Achieved Ideal Tobacco Tax Since 2022
04 Jul 2025 02:07 GMT
… by the World Health Organization (WHO) claims that Malaysia has fully achieved the tobacco control … in that period.
The Tobacconomics Cigarette Tax Scorecard assessed four components …
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WHO urges Nigeria, others to raise prices of sugary drinks, others by 50%
04 Jul 2025 01:55 GMT
World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised Nigeria and other … sugary drinks, alcohol, and tobacco by 50 per cent through … raise the real prices of tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks ( … public debt.
The consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks fuels …