THIMPHU (AFP) - 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.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
THIMPHU - 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.The decision allows smokers to buy tobacco products from state-owned duty-free outlets, and adds them to the list of essential products available in the country's pandemic lockdown.
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