To reduce consumption of toxic things like cigarette, cigar, nicotine zarda, khaini etc one policy has been adopted that their price should be increased by putting more tax on these items so that it becomes more costly so that majority of people cannot purchase so be refrain from its use and thus be protecting their life from their hazardous effect. In India, more symbolic pictures of cancers occupying almost 75 % space on their packing have been ordered by the Supreme Court so that persons using it get frightened by seeing these images and avoid using it.
The Programme Manager in the Division of No communicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course at WHO/Europe and co-author of a new study on alcohol control policies said but tax increases may not sound the most attractive of policy options, but one study has shown that tax enhancements are the single most…
