14 May 2015
First, even where illicit trade is present, better policies – which usually start with tobacco tax increases – almost always lead to higher revenues and higher prices, and a corresponding drop in tobacco use.
Download the fact sheet, created for World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2015:
- Tax increases don’t need to wait for the Illicit Trade Protocol
- Les gouvernements ne doivent pas attendre de ratifier le Protocole sur le commerce illicite pour augmenter les taxes sur le tabac
- Incrementar los impuestos al tabaco no tiene que esperar la entrada en vigor del Protocolo para eliminar el comercio ilícito de productos del tabaco
