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Brian Nosek

Curious Bends – affordable cigs, notes from Fukushima, a destructive bladder craze, and more

1. Despite rising taxes, cigarettes in India have become more affordable “Over the past few years, the Indian government has been stepping up efforts to reduce tobacco consumption by hiking taxes on cigarettes. In February, finance minister Arun Jaitley proposed raising the duties even further by at least 15%. Despite