[Link] Australian governments urged to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Governments must set a date for banning the sale of cigarettes through retailers including supermarkets, and find new ways of boosting revenue without relying on tobacco excise taxes, leading public health researchers say.

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[Link] House Democrats Back Off Targeting Billionaire Tax Schemes and Swap in New Nicotine Levy

Read: 6/11/2021 theintercept.com

A new version of the Build Back Better Act that the House Rules Committee released Wednesday was amended to protect tax avoidance schemes used by the ultrawealthy in their estate planning.

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[Link] Big tobacco got caught in a lie by Congress. Now it’s the oil industry’s turn

Read: 17/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Two weeks from today, Darren Woods will face a potential doomsday moment before the US Congress. As the CEO of ExxonMobil, Woods was paid $15.6m last year to run the richest, most powerful private oil company in history.

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[Link] Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for ban on cigarettes within decade

Read: 26/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

The chief executive of tobacco business Philip Morris International has called on the UK government to ban cigarettes within a decade, in a move that would outlaw its own Marlboro brand.

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