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Ad quantum taxes based on THC content most directly target the harm-causing element, but this adds complexity to the tax, and the technology to measure THC content can be so expensive that constant THC testing makes compliance costs unreasonable

The latest issue of Tobacco Journal International reports that 'according to analysts from Morgan Stanley, if generic packaging becomes a legal requirement in the UK, not only could it have a domino effect on other markets, but it could also have a materially adverse impact on cigarette brand equity [and] could result in considerably reduced profits'

Albertas cigarette prices remain comparatively affordable because the province applies a flat provincial tobacco tax of 30 cents per cigarette , adjusted as of March 1, 2024

The costs of cigarettes are climbing all over the globe

Even though the UK left the EU earlier this year, it is still going forward with enforcing this measure it agreed to when it was still an EU member