Inserted into this complex law (the text runs to 70 pages) was a single provision, Article 28, that creates a new 5.6% levy on suppliers (fournisseurs) of tobacco
DOI: Tobacco company levy could raise up to 4.9bn and prevent 10,000 hospital admissions, study suggests New modelling from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group shows a 'polluter pays' levy scheme could cut smoking deaths, reduce hospital admissions, and raise billions in tax revenue
The opposite problem is if you need higher nicotine strengths to feel satisfied but cant cope with the throat hit
In 2016, the list of qualifying conditions was expanded to include PTSD, and in the subsequent year, chronic pain, migraine, autism-related anxiety, and Alzheimers disease-related anxiety among other conditions were added to the list
Stead and Lancaster, 2012)