Civil society want tax on tobacco tripled 

Civil society organisations under the Uganda Tobacco Taxation Coalition have proposed that government should increase tax on tobacco and related products to 80 percent.

The proposal, if implemented, will mean that tax on such products will almost triple from the current 35.

The proposal comes when the current 35 percent tax on tobacco products is below the World Health Organisation recommended rate of 70 percent.

Speaking during a stakeholder meeting on tobacco taxation, Ms Mable Kukunda, the Uganda National Health Users/Consumers’ Organisation senior…