Latest in Tag: tobacco Highlight
Latest in Tag: tobacco

India’s war on tobacco and industry woes
India’s top court has ruled that tobacco companies must display larger health warnings on cigarette packs, giving a boost to the government’s latest move to reduce smoking and curb tobacco-related illnesses. DW examines.

Spike in ‘single’ cigarette sales expected to decrease tax proceeds by EGP 2bn: Traders
Greater Cairo Tobacco Association demanded President Al-Sisi holds Finance Minister accountable for failed financial policies

Tobacco traders demand cigarettes distribution on ration cards
In Egypt, there are about 15 million smokers, more than half are in the countryside, and the rate is expected to increase to 16 million

Foreign tobacco companies in Egypt reject new cigarette price increases: Official
Tensions prevail in cigarette market, traders exploit the situation to raise prices, according to CTA head in Cairo, Giza

War breaks out
By Philip Whitfield Before conniptions consume, inhale the acronyms. FAG: (For/Against Government), IMP: the British Imperial Tobacco Group the world’s fourth-largest ciggie peddler flogging 320bn cigarettes a year (Davidoff in Egypt) after PMI: Philip Morris International (Marlboros / Merit), BAT British American Tobacco (Rothmans/Dunhill) and arriving on the 1 July JT Japan Tobacco (Winston/Salem). And …

Smoke and mirrors: Smuggled cigarettes
There’s no doubt that smoking is a detrimental practice; no matter how light some cigarettes are, they still do harm to the body. Yet in Egypt, about 40% of adult men and 8% of adult women are smokers, and since 25 January, access to cigarettes has only increased, as new brands have entered the Egyptian market illegally and are sold at cheaper prices. The Daily News Egypt looks into the issue of smuggled cigarettes and their additional harmful impact on smokers.

“Smoking Kills,” is the main message of the Tobacco Atlas
WHO launches the Tobacco Atlas in Egypt to warn people of the hazards of smoking
MOF reconsiders taxes
Ministry of Finance considers removing food tax increases while doubling tobacco excise