Couriermail

Australia’s cigarette excise rises again as black market booms and budget revenue collapses

From March, tobacco excise has risen by a further 2 per cent in line with wage growth, taking the tax on a single cigarette to about $1.52. That equates to more than $30 in tax on a standard pack of ...
Medical Xpress

Cigarette smoke accelerates eye aging via epigenetic changes, study finds

Through a series of experiments supported by the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) researchers say they have advanced understanding of how smoking damages the eye and ...
Newsweek

Cigarette Helps Solve California Cold Case After 44 Years

A man has been convicted of murdering 13-year-old Sarah Geer in Cloverdale, California, in a 44-year-old cold case solved after investigators matched DNA from a discarded cigarette to evidence ...
Popular Science

KGB cigarette pack spy camera still works (sort of)

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Food & Wine

Are Ultra-Processed Foods the New Cigarettes? New Research Says Yes

Experts dug into decades of research to show how ultra-processed foods are designed for maximum reward, rapid absorption, and habitual overuse — paralleling tobacco industry tactics. Researchers from ...
Post and Courier

Scoppe: Smoking costs SC $2.2 B a year as lawmakers ponder cut-rate cigarette tax

Jake Jacobs is testifying before a Senate subcommittee on a bill that would tax a weird new kind of cigarette at half the rate of regular cigarettes. He’s reeling off statistics. A cigarette “burns up ...
CNN

DNA from cigarette helps identify teenager’s killer nearly 44 years after her death

More than four decades after a teenager was murdered in California, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s ...
The Spokesman-Review

Cigarette tax in Washington may go up by $2 per pack. Here’s how it would compare with other states

House Bill 2382 would increase the state cigarette tax by $2 a pack to $5.025 per pack. Action: Passed out the House Finance Committee on Feb. 4. OLYMPIA – Smokers in Washington may soon face a sharp ...
The Financial Express

Cigarette prices jump as 40% GST kicks in: Check what the new ‘Sin goods Tax’ means for consumers, government

Every time the price of a cigarette rises in India, the stated objective is public health. Fewer smokers, higher deterrence, and lower long-term healthcare costs are just a few benefits. But, did you ...
Indiatimes

Smoke break to get pricier: Cigarettes to get costlier from February 1 as new excise duty kicks in

Smokers will have to pay more for cigarettes from February 1, as the Centre rolls out a new excise duty regime based on cigarette length, along with a health cess on pan masala and tobacco products.
The New Indian Express

Tax hikes to erode 6–8% of cigarette sales next fiscal: Crisil

CHENNAI: The domestic cigarette industry is preparing for a moderate contraction in volumes next fiscal, with sales expected to decline by 6–8% following a fresh round of tax changes that take effect ...
Hindustan Times

ITC shares plunge most in six years after India raises tobacco, cigarette tax

Shares of India's largest cigarette maker ITC Ltd. fell the most in six years after the government imposed higher tax on tobacco products. ITC is India's largest cigarette maker, drawing 40% revenue ...