SFP's latest Mythbuster is offering argumentation, key facts and figures that disprove six misconceptions on tobacco taxation.

The Mythbuster covers several myths used by the tobacco industry, frequently targeting policy-makers who focus on the issue of tobacco taxation. Those are namely:

- Myth 1: Higher tobacco tax does not reduce consumption

- Myth 2: Higher tobacco tax results in more illicit trade

- Myth 3: Higher tobacco tax hurts the poor the most

- Myth 4: Tobacco tax is a tool of the 'Bully-state'

- Myth 5: The tobacco industry pays excises and contributes largely to national budgets

- Myth 6: Tobacco tax destroys jobs and harms farmers

Interested to know how to counter these false arguments? Download the SFP Mythbuster below.