Congress, by a 190-4 vote, approved House Bill 11360 that aims to arrest declining excise tax collections and to combat the proliferation of illegal cigarettes and vape products by rationalizing the ...

There is an interesting study conducted in the United States, which shows how excessive tax rates on cigarettes induce substantial black and gray market movement of tobacco products into high-tax ...

An Australian security expert asked the Philippine government to learn from his country’s policy mistakes involving excessive ...

What makes sense in principle may not always align with real-world results. This is certainly the case with the Philippine ...

Expect pickup trucks to be more costly after the provision reimposing the excise tax on the vehicle type was approved, ...

These black-market products are reshaping the Philippine tobacco landscape” IF YOU visit a public market or browse a few online listings, you will find ...

TOBACCO farmers are rallying behind a House measure aimed at curbing the rampant illicit trade of cigarettes and vapor products, which they say is crippling their livelihoods owing to the unchecked ...

The Department of Health (DOH) has announced the return of its “Yosi Kadiri” campaign, now with its added goal to “unmask vape’s fatal link to heart and lung ...

Donald Trump has shaken many a boat with his quirky policy making in a short span of his second term as US president. He plays to the gallery and targets everyo ...

A leading international security expert warned Philippine lawmakers that over-taxing cigarettes and vape products risks ...

INFLUENTIAL business organizations have expressed their firm support for the ongoing Cabinet revamp triggered by the dismal ...

MANILA, Philippines -The illicit cigarette trade in the Philippines has hit a record high with one in every five cigarettes ...