Manufacturing sector feels the heat as tobacco industry runs out of puff

The Government is between a rock and a hard place after the release of the First Quarterly Gross Domestic Product and Balance of Payments 2015 report. It suggests a decline in the manufacture of tobacco products that has played a significant role in the overall plunge in the manufacturing sector during the first three months of the year.

This comes on the heels of the Government’s move to extract more revenue from tobacco manufacturers to compensate for the harmful effects its products have.