Italy pushes back against Commission plan to overhaul tobacco tax rules

Rome warns higher EU tobacco duties could hurt domestic industry and boost illicit trade

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Outside of a tobacco shop located in the medieval Portici of Sottoripa, porticoed pedestrian street in the historic centre of Genoa, Liguria, Italy
A tobacco shop in Genoa (Photo: Getty Images)

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