Market Monitoring

We conduct market monitoring twice a month to monitor and observe the tobacco industry’s behavior related to the implementation of tobacco control laws in Nepal. Particularly, we monitor the implementation of mandatory 90% PHW on the pack of tobacco products including both domestic as well as imported tobacco products. We also monitor the compliance of smoke-free laws, including the status of TAPS and the sales ban. In addition, we monitor the price of tobacco products to understand the pricing strategies of the tobacco industry to make a comparative analysis of price differentiation on tobacco products before and after the increment of tax on tobacco products.