However, he noted that raising tobacco taxes needs to be combined with other measures such as the continued expansion of smoke-free zones
Furthermore, even when the AUC was reduced no clinically significant effect was observed (Pinelli et al., 2013
Today, HMRC and Border Force will publish a new Illicit Tobacco Strategy, Stubbing Out the Problem, which: sets out their continued commitment to reduce the trade in illicit tobacco, with a focus on reducing demand, and to tackle and disrupt organised crime behind the illicit tobacco trade highlights the cost to the UK in lost tax revenue and the burden to taxpayers, the undercutting of law-abiding businesses, and the funding of wider organised crime through illicit tobacco sales
Australia is already working toward a generic packaging system
The crest on the pack was familiar