Is Sri Lanka too tough on tobacco?
By K. L. S. de Silva
Over the past decade, Sri Lanka has engaged in a war on tobacco, with government bodies and non-profit organisations working together to increase regulation and taxation measures on the tobacco industry. However, most of these measures have been aimed at curtailing the legal tobacco industry, which has had an inadvertent impact on boosting illegal cigarette trading in the country.
In 2017, we have a seen an alarming growth in the number of smuggle