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Pasta Prices have risen to over twice the price the rate of Italy’s overall inflation Italy's government is on full alert following a national problem: skyrocketing Pasta prices . Italy's Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, chaired an emergency meeting on Thursday, convening government officials, trade and consumer association representatives and distributors, for crisis talks to discuss soaring pasta costs, which have seen the Italian staple rise by more than double the rate of inflation, according to data from the European Central Bank. The Rapid Price Alert Commission met for the first time since its establishment in March in Rome's Palazzo Piacentini on Thursday, according to Italian outlet ANSA. MORE: 1 year later: How the war in Ukraine is affecting food supplies, prices around the world The price of pasta rose for two consecutive months, by 17.5% in March followed by a 16.5% rise in April – when compared to the same periods a year earlier, acco...

Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping. Recreational vaping will be banned as the government seeks to prevent the next generation from becoming addicted to nicotine, Health Minister Mark Butler said Tuesday. The tobacco tax would be raised by 5% a year starting from September, Butler said — a total increase of 3.3 billion Australian dollars ($2.2 billion) over four years. This follows an AU$234-million ($157-million) boost for tougher regulation of e-cigarettes, including new controls on their importation and packaging. “Vapes contain more than 200 chemicals that do not belong in the lungs. Some of the same chemicals you will find in nail polish remover and weed killer,” Butler said. The government will work with the state...