Success and challenges of Georgian tobacco taxation policy

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Georgia has recently taken a major step toward compliance with the WHO FCTC, Georgia also ratified the association agreement with the European Union. According to these Agreements Georgia is obliged to harmonize its tobacco tax policy and substantially expand smoke-free places. The article overviews achieved goals toward smoke reduction and budget revenues using secondary data and reveals the reasons why tobacco policy was not successful in recent years.