Last week, the importance of tobacco taxation was discussed in further detail in a blog post in The Tobacco Atlas.

The blog post highlights the importance of tobacco taxation, and the EU Tobacco Tax Directive in particular; as the Directive needs a timely update, the text underlines the necessity for concrete steps to improve the status quo. The recently updated SFP Position Paper 'Tobacco Tax for a Healthier Europe', developed by Michal Stoklosa and Angel López Nicolas, is mentioned with its four key asks for the Directive revision. Read more here.