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The Hidden Side of Cigarette Pricing
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-07)
This insight examines how analysis of past tax and price data reveals two aspects of cigarette pricing that are hidden from media reporting. First, net-of-tax price grew at a faster rate than the tax per cigarette; second, ...
Who is Responsible for ‘Alternative Facts’ on Cigarette Taxation?
(2017-07)
There are three false claims that have been prevalent in print media, in
relation to the tax and price increases of cigarettes in the last quarter of
2016. The claims were that (i) tax revenue reduced, (ii) beedi ...