A New Smoking Ban Is Coming: Companies Will Pay for Smokers' Hospital Bills.
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The Ministry of Health, working on a new bill to reduce smoking, has considered a method used in the Philippines. This method would require the tobacco industry to pay for the health problems caused by smoking.
The Ministry of Health, working on a new bill to reduce smoking, has considered a method used in the Philippines. This method would require the tobacco industry to pay for the health problems caused by smoking.
A "health tax" is on the way, aiming to shift the burden of harm caused by smoking-related illnesses onto the tobacco industry. This additional tax model is modeled after a law enacted in the Philippines in 2012. So how does the Philippine model work? Here are the details...
In the Philippines, where tobacco consumption is very high, a tax reform implemented in 2012 redirected revenue from taxes added to alcohol and cigarettes directly to the health budget. Thanks to this practice, the smoking rate in the country has dropped to 15 percent.
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