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Jump to full article: Monsters and Critics, 2008-04-01
Intro: Bangkok - Higher taxes on tobacco are the most effective way for governments to combat the health and social costs of smoking, experts attending a World Health Organization (WHO) meting said Tuesday.
'Higher taxes on tobacco lead to higher prices for tobacco products, which immediately discourage non-smokers from starting and current smokers from continuing with the habit,' said Bungon Ritthiphakdee, director of the Bangkok-based South-East Asia Tobacco Control Alliance.
That conclusion was shared by other experts and government officials attending this week's meeting in Bangkok on WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
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