WHO calls for higher tobacco taxes
ACROSS the world, 33 of WHO's 194 member countries have levies on tobacco amounting to 75 per cent of the sales price, and the group wants more to follow.
MORE governments should raise taxes on tobacco, the World Health Organisation says, warning that smoking-related deaths will increase to 8 million a year by 2030 unless further measures are taken.
THE WHO says tobacco consumption currently kills 6 million people globally each year, more than the combined fatalities from AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
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