Tobacco in Portugal - New Market Report
Cigarette smoking is under permanent pressure from high taxation in order to increase public revenues for the Portuguese government and deter people from smoking. Cigarettes experienced a decline during 2012 in terms of volume, as a result of price increases derived by taxation and a shift to RYO tobacco. The Portuguese are facing an increase in levels of unemployment, high levels of taxation, huge cuts in salaries and uncertainty with the economic downturn; this is forcing them to quit smoking...
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