Higher excise on tobacco do not necessarily lower smoking rates, but e-cigarettes or vaping would. Citing the case of New Zealand where she is from, Sutthoff said the government increased the excise of tobacco by 10 percent every six months. ADVERTISEMENT“Our smoking rate has yet to go down,” she said. Help for smokersSutthoff, also cofounder and codirector of the Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy (Avca) in New Zealand, said Avca launched the Vape It Forward (VIF) program in 2017 to help and provide support to smokers who wish to quit smoking by switching to vaping. Eighteen months after its launch, the VIF program delivered an impressive 88-percent success rate.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 02, 2018 20:37 UTC