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Tobacco tax increase is urged

Graham Watson

12th October 2015

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A fairly bog standard subject - should tobacco taxes be higher? This article reporting on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health suggests that it should and there's the added bonus of it perhaps allowing for increased spending on anti-smoking campaigns too.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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