UN health agency recommends taxing tobacco products to curb deadly global epidemic

Only one in 10 of people now live in countries that levy taxes of more than 75 per cent on a pack of cigarettes despite the fact that raising taxes on tobacco products is one of the most effective – and cost-effective – ways to reduce consumption of products that kill one person every 6 seconds, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news