The Global Burden of Disease estimates that in 2021, 107.71 deaths per 100,000 people in Bulgaria could be attributed to tobacco use a mortality rate that is 2-3 times higher than in the old EU member states.[1] In 2024, Dr Sabev and his team from the Institute for Economic Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) and the Bulgarian Smoke-Free Life Coalition, conducted a study into the potential fiscal and health benefits of increasing tobacco taxes in Bulgaria.[2] The research compared the outcomes of three simulated scenarios against a baseline scenario reflecting the planned increase in excise duties in accordance with the 2022 Excise Duties and Tax Warehouses Act (hereafter referred to as the old plan )
Given the vast resources that the tobacco industry has and the tactics that they employ, I could never have imagined that we would get to this point
Disposable e-cigarettes saw a huge rise in popularity after they were exempted from federal restrictions in 2020 that removed flavored pod-based e-cigarettes from the market
As reported in Preventive Medicine , the survey is the first to gauge the effect of such marketing on cigarette packaging, which the average pack-a-day smoker views about 20 times a day
Understanding whether the lungs can heal from any damage vaping might cause may depend on the extent and type of damage
