Editor’s Note: See, Weaponizing Poverty.
From: The New Arab
Tobacco tax leaves Gazan dreams up in smoke
Cigarette vendors hawk their wares on every street in Gaza [Fadi]
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“These taxes are the reason why I’m drenched in debt.”
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It’s a vicious circle: the addiction and the price cigarettes can command drives many young peddlers to the streets and alleyways to hawk the poison; one can barely navigate the roads and alleyways without stumbling over them.
