The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control said it will discuss creating its own recommendations for member states on cigarette taxes.
This is supposed to assist parties in developing efficient and effective tax and price policies that reduce tobacco consumption and prevalence. The only problem is that the organization may be allowed to prescribe recommendations, but it does not have the power to enforce taxes upon sovereign nations.
According to the Business Insider, many of the recommendation are too vague, and some states do not have the resources to enact or analyze the effect of tobacco taxes.
RTI International released a study which found that higher cigarette taxes are financially burdensome on low-income smokers in the U.S., and do not make them more likely to quit. And statistics from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) show that those who make under $15,000 a year smoke.
Still, this is the first step toward larger control under one roof. If the tax is allowed member states, which can currently refuse the tax, will have a new set of restrictions that may not be reversible.
Though Thailand has no recent updates on any new tobacco taxes the country already banned cigarette advertisements. However, Thailand has tried, to no avail, to prohibit the import of foreign cigarettes.
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