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Turkiye Limits Tax Hikes on Tobacco, Fuel, Alcohol Trkiye will limit Special Consumption Tax (SCT) increases on tobacco products in the first half of 2026, applying a 7.95% hike instead of the usual adjustment tied to producer inflation, which was close to 10%

It still offers a complete smoke rather than feeling like a few rushed puffs

Funnily enough, these sort of changes seem to happen particularly to billboards for alcohol and cigarettes

Yale University, ESPN, Newmans Own, color televisions, the first marketed hamburger, Polaroid cameras, helicopters, and early automobile laws all stem from this tiny Northeastern state

In June, the Food and Drug Administration announced it was banning the sale of all Juul products, saying the company played a disproportionate role in the rise in youth vaping. Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes hailed the decision as an enormous step forward in our fight to protect our kids. But that seeming victory was short-lived: In early July, the FDA switched course and put a temporary stay on its order so it could further investigate unspecified scientific issues. That decision, perhaps counterintuitively, was celebrated by a less vocal but growing group of tobacco researchers and public health officials who believe that e-cigarettes can help save the lives of current smokers

To date, 12 states and more than 450 localities have enacted Tobacco 21 laws