04 Jul 2010. The two top tobacco manufacturers in the United States are charting new territory owing to excise tax increases and future tobacco product regulation by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Denmark | Major tobacco tax increases planned

04 Jul 2010. Denmark’s perceived neutrality towards the tobacco sector may be about to change under Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s ambitious targets.
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Greece | Austerity and rising prices choke smokers

04 Jul 2010. The Greeks, the heaviest smokers in the European Union (EU), and by some counts in the world, may be about to reduce their consumption significantly, as taxation rises steeply owing to the country’s ongoing financial crisis.
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Japan | Losing the “smokers’ heaven” status

04 Jul 2010. Change toward restrictions and disapproval of smoking seems to be finally coming, slower than it has occurred in other countries, but happening nonetheless.
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