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Monopoly money under a tax

Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/04/2016

» Poom Prasit had been smoking the local Krong Thip cigarettes for the past 13 years. On the day of the announcement of the latest tobacco tax hike in February, however, he immediately decided he would switch brands. The next day, he bought a pack of SMS instead.