Of the 152 countries from which information is available, taxes as a percentage of product price range from 80 percent down to almost 0 percent.[11] The tax-related price differentials between tobacco products in different nations induces cross-border bootlegging and casual smuggling in much the same way it does between American states, although some scholars report that smuggling rates can also be influenced by the degree of corruption tolerated in and among nations.[12] In a widely cited paper, economists David Merriman, Ayda Yurekli and Frank J
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Pascal Montredon, prsident national de la Confdration des buralistes, qui proteste contre l'arrive des paquets de cigarettes neutres partir du 20 mai, a rclam mercredi Toulouse " l'interdiction de la vente de tabac dans les duty-free en France "
With 1.3 billion tobacco users in the world, of which 8 million die annually from tobacco-related diseases, the stakes for global health are high