Currently, cigarettes are taxed depending on the type; filtered cigarettes attract Sh1.80 per stick and those without filters Sh2.50 each. But the Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance says tobacco should be heavily taxed to safeguard Kenyans’ health. Besides, his father was a wholesale cigarette distributor, so there were boxes of cigarettes stacked in tall towers at his father’s shop. HEAVILY TAXEDBut the Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance says tobacco should be heavily taxed to safeguard Kenyans’ health. For instance, the public officials are strictly prohibited from interacting with the tobacco industry, unless it is to discuss further control and enforcement of the relevant laws.

Source: Daily Nation May 30, 2018 21:11 UTC