A coalition of Italy’s leading health and cancer research organizations has successfully secured 50,000 signatures for a popular legislative proposal to raise the price of cigarettes and e-cigarettes by €5. Spearheaded by the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM), the AIRC Foundation for Cancer Research, and the Umberto Veronesi Foundation, the initiative will now head to the Italian Parliament for official debate.
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Australia’s aggressive cigarette tax hikes and restrictive vaping bans have backfired, fueling a massive, violent black market and undermining the nation’s long-standing harm-minimization framework. This policy shift has driven low-income smokers to illicit markets, resulting in billions in lost revenue and a surge in organized crime.
Read morePublic health advocates are urging the Malaysian government to accept a recent High Court ruling that effectively bans nicotine vapes, rather than launching an appeal. Instead of fighting to keep vapes legal for tax purposes, experts argue the state should drastically increase traditional cigarette excise duties to at least RM0.77 per stick.
Read morePublic health advocates and economic analysts are dismissing recent proposals by NSW Premier Chris Minns and other political commentators to slash Australia’s tobacco excise tax. The political push, intended to undercut the booming illegal cigarette trade by making legal products more competitive, fundamentally ignores the pricing economics of the black market, where untaxed products will remain drastically cheaper regardless of domestic tax cuts.
Read moreThe Italian government has officially rolled out a long-term fiscal strategy to increase the cost of smoking and vaping, with the latest wave of price hikes taking effect on May 6. Driven by a national toll of 93,000 annual smoking-related deaths among the country’s 10 million smokers, this progressive taxation plan will systematically raise excise duties through 2028.
Read moreThe Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has strongly condemned a proposed 50 percent cut to tobacco customs duties, warning it would hand a $2.3 billion annual windfall to multinational tobacco companies. This fierce pushback follows intense, closed-door industry lobbying during recent Senate inquiry hearings into illegal tobacco.
Read moreAsthma + Lung UK has warned that the UK’s groundbreaking generational smoking ban must be followed by a £700 million annual levy on the tobacco industry. This demand comes as 5.3 million adult Britons remain trapped in addiction, facing severe regional inequalities in accessing vital smoking cessation services.
Read moreDelaware lawmakers have advanced legislation to significantly increase taxes on cigarettes, vapes, and nicotine pouches starting September 2026, aiming to curb youth addiction and generate state revenue.
Read moreAn Iowa Senate subcommittee has advanced Legislative Bill SSB 3193, introducing a new tax framework specifically targeting alternative tobacco and vaping products. This development occurs amidst ongoing efforts to regulate modern nicotine consumption, directly resulting in a proposed tax structure designed to fund medical research.
Read moreGov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to tax tobacco-free nicotine pouches at the same rate as combustible cigarettes faces widespread opposition and warnings from public health advocates.
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