A public health advocacy group has urged Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian to follow through on his position to effectively block House ...

Employees will be furloughed starting Saturday, and work to improve health and reduce deaths will be stalled, state health ...

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) wants an even higher tax on vape products while remaining firm on taxing cigarettes and ...

LAHORE: The government is learnt to have faced mounting pressure from the tobacco industry to concede to demands ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Senate hearing on Monday that tackled a House bill seeking to roll back excise on tobacco products only served to effectively kill that measure, or at least block its ...

India can reduce tobacco cultivation while increasing farmer income, jobs, and exports by shifting from raw leaf sales to value-added products like nicotine pouches, smokeless tobacco, and ...

The industry is pushing for a drastic cut in the current federal excise duty ... “Pakistan has around 31 million adult tobacco users, including 17.3 million cigarette smokers.

Tobacco use “doesn't change as a result of the economic conditions,” one analyst explained about the correlation between recession fears and tobacco stock performance.

From bombed-out tobacconists in Melbourne to a $43 billion hole in the budget, the use of excise on tobacco is failing.

The annual headline rate in the first half of this month — above the 4.01% consensus forecast of analysts polled by Reuters — ...