The Nation UAE on MSN4d
Raising tobacco taxes right approach to reducing smoking rates?
KARACHI: A growing debate in Pakistan questions whether raising tobacco taxes is the right approach to reducing smoking rates ...
Rs. 39 hike in FED per cigarette pack may generate additional revenue of Rs. 67.4b
The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) and the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) have ...
FTT acknowledges action against illicit cigarette trade
Fair Trade in Tobacco (FTT) while acknowledging the recent enforcement measures taken by the government against illicit ...
Dawn3dOpinion
Predatory taxation
Without fundamental rethink and reset, Pakistan’s catastrophic tax regime will drive the country's already shrinking formal ...
Business Recorder6d
Pakistan’s taxation trap: overburdening formal economy feeds the informal
A similar story unfolds in the tobacco industry. As the FED on cigarettes has nearly doubled, a wave of tax-evading local ...
‘Absurd charade’: Australians are footing the bill as China and India destroy the planet
The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) recently issued a statement so out of touch with geopolitical and ...
16 challaned for COTPA violations
Cracking the whip on tobacco violators, the Health Department has issued challans to 16 persons under the COTPA Act. During ...
The Nation UAE on MSN6d
SDPI organises seminar on tobacco taxation ahead of budget
Experts at a seminar underscored the need for data-driven policy-making in tobacco control and taxation, especially when the next fiscal year's budget is under preparation. The seminar organized by ...
Scientific American4d
Is ChatGPT a Drug? Metaphors Show What Students Think of AI
Using ChatGPT to help you write is like donning a pair of high heels. The reason, according to one postgraduate researcher from China: “It makes my writing look noble and elegant, although I ...