The tobacco industry, one of the worlds most powerful sectors in the 1960s, actively resisted any threat to cigarette dominance
doi: 10.1093/jat/bkx054
'Consequently, any intended price changes by tobacco companies in response to the legislation (to increase affordability or brand positioning) may be confounded by retailer behaviour, and such deviation may increase consumer price sensitivity.' Britain was the second country to sell cigarettes in the 'world's ugliest colour' - according to market research - in May last year after Australia in 2012
Decades of research fail to substantiate claims that menthol cigarettes are more attractive, easier to smoke, more addictive, harder to quit, or more toxic to health than non-mentholated cigarettes
This strength mirrors 1 cigarettes nicotine delivery, so if you smoke 10 cigarettes daily, youd roughly need 10 pouches per day at 6mga realistic baseline
A WHO reports raves, it costs little to implement and increases government revenues. From a different angle though, cigarette taxes look like a way to raise funds from a group with little political power
