The remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, known for embracing gross national happiness and outlawing television until 1999, has now made the unusual ...
A vendor sells cigarettes after the government temporarily lifted the ban on tobacco sales because of coronavirus. THIMPHU, Bhutan: The remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, known for embracing gross national happiness and outlawing television until 1999, has now made the unusual decision to reverse a ban on the sale of tobacco, blaming coronavirus.
When Bhutan closed its frontier with India earlier this year because of the coronavirus pandemic - India has more than 3 million confirmed cases, while Bhutan has fewer than 200 - under-the-counter tobacco prices soared fourfold as the traffickers found it harder to get into the country. His administration lifted the decade-old ban on tobacco sales to temper demand for the smuggled cigarettes and, in theory, lessen the risk of cross-border contagion.Women line up to buy cigarettes outside a store in Bhutan.
The government further argued that keeping it from those who are addicted and stuck inside might lead to tensions in the home.
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