New Zealand set to scrap world-first tobacco ban
WELLINGTON: New Zealand will repeal a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a…
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New Zealand govt to abandon anti-smoking laws
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed on Monday, in a move…
Britain proposes ban on cigarettes for younger generations
Britain's government proposed banning younger generations from ever buying cigarettes, a move that would give the country some of the world's toughest smoking rules.
If passed into law,…
A parallel economy depriving the state of billions
By Zahid Hussain Khan
A parallel economy is one that runs opposite to a formal or official economy. In a parallel economy, the goods and services produced are not brought under the tax…