audrey hepburn cigarette holder having a after lunch when that was acceptable in a lunch counter at a drug store.Those little paper cups in the pewter were really special. #audreyhepburn❤️ Cigarette Smoke Holder Audrey Hepburn

Experts believe its introduction has led to falling cigarette sales

Evidence from around the world has shown that tobacco consumption is higher among the poorest households, the report noted, adding that expenditures on tobacco products divert scarce resources that poor families might have spent on food instead. For the poor, money spent on tobacco is money that could be spent on basic necessities such as food, shelter, education and health care, the report further read

The study was conducted during the initial phase of the pandemic and it is not clear whether the findings are applicable to the subsequent waves of COVID-19 that followed

Some counties and cities also add their own taxes

All packaging must now feature the same brown base colour, basic grey text and minimalist layout under the new requirements