新西兰卫生部副部长Casey Costello面临对加热烟草产品减产税50%的强烈反响, New Zealand's Associate Health Minister Casey Costello faces backlash for a 50% excise tax cut on Heated Tobacco Products, primarily benefiting Philip Morris.
新西兰卫生部副部长Casey Costello因加热烟草产品减税50%而面临强烈反响, New Zealand's Associate Health Minister Casey Costello faces backlash over a 50% excise tax cut for Heated Tobacco Products (HTPs), primarily benefiting Philip Morris, the sole HTP supplier. 财政部官员对减税可能导致健康状况恶化以及缺乏证据支持作为有效的戒烟工具表示关切。 Treasury officials expressed concerns about the tax cut's potential to worsen health outcomes and its lack of support from evidence as an effective smoking cessation tool. Costello认为,这项削减的目的是降低吸烟率,尽管专家警告说,与抽取相比,HTP有害。 Costello argues the cut aims to reduce smoking rates, despite warnings from experts about HTP harm compared to vaping.