Fiscal Archives - The Counterfactual

To tax or not to tax? Response to EU on taxing vaping and other reduced risk products

By Clive Bates / 1 December 2016 / 13 Comments / Nicotine, Public health

European Commission consultation: the Commission is consulting on applying excise duties (i.e. tax) to vape products and other reduced risk alternatives …

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US public health establishment proposes to increase fiscal deaths

By Clive Bates / 22 May 2015 / 12 Comments / Public health, Regulation

According to the great sage Benjamin Franklin in 1789: … in this world nothing can be said to be certain, …

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Fiscal deaths ahead: European Commission wants to tax e-cigarettes

By Clive Bates / 19 February 2015 / 40 Comments / European policy, Health

What if basic economics tells you that raising a tax on a newer, much safer, product will lead to more consumption …

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