Excise duties serve multiple purposes: generating significant revenue for the Treasury (approximately 8.8 billion annually from tobacco products) while simultaneously discouraging consumption through price deterrence
Some 200 million cigarettes are smoked here daily, to the tune of $65 million annually, and up to half of all fire outbreaks in Qatar are linked to smoking
and nicotine replacement patches, gums, lozenges, inhalers, and nasal sprays
The amount of any Commitment Fee would be set by LCA in its discretion
For all four pack structures, not finding them off-putting was associated with susceptibility to smoking (AOR=2.733.69), although this sub-group was relatively small
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