Higher tobacco tax suggested
The government should impose higher tax on tobacco products to reduce their consumption, speakers suggested at a roundtable on Wednesday. Public health should get utmost importance in fixing tax rates, they said. There should be a holistic approach to reduce the consumption of such products, said economist Muzaffer Ahmed. Adulthood, stresses and strains, feelgood factors, symbol of pseudo-heroism and fashions are the reasons that lure the people into tobacco, he identified.