Excess tobacco attracts roughly 38.5% combined duty Basic Customs Duty + Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) + Social Welfare Surcharge + IGST
Only 1.4 percent of middle and high school students tried a cigarette in the past month, a decline of almost 60 percent from 2020, which was the year the FDA chose to derive its inputs on youth smoking for its model of projected benefits
In 2008, there was The Frank, in 2009, The Drac, in 2010, The Face, and in 2011, The Wolfman
"It is a flavor just like every other flavor and it would have been extremely disappointing if we had said we're going to protect people and children from uptake of tobacco, except for the flavor that we know Black people first and Latinos second use the most." The ordinance is now heading to the desk of Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is expected to sign it into law