2 sourcesUpdated
Sri Lanka Has World’s Most Expensive Cigarettes
Oxford Economics research, citing WHO data, found Sri Lanka sells the world's most expensive cigarettes based on purchasing power parity. This challenges the effectiveness of a global tobacco tax benchmark set by the WHO.
AIThe headline and summary here were written with AI from the newsrooms' reports and checked against them. AI can make mistakes, so read the linked reports for the full account.
Summary
This report reminds us that even a World Health Organization document acknowledges that relying solely on the tax percentage in the retail price is insufficient to curb tobacco demand. Researchers acknowledge that taxation is an extremely important tool for tobacco control.