India has heavily taxed cigarettes because it is classified as a demerit/ sin good
While the country boasts multiple large merchants and exporters such as PSSH, BBM Group, and Deccan, two companies stand out as a class of their own in terms of scale, infrastructure, and influence: the countrys by far largest supplier ITC Limited (ITC) and, a little further down the rank, Godfrey Phillips India Limited (GPIL)
This is part of a broader effort to reduce smoking rates in these countries, which have high smoking rates and significant public health concerns
This could explain the particularly severe courses of the disease in smokers, the study says
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