Taxes on Smoking. IELTS Essay

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aforementioned drawbacks

вышеупомянутые недостатки [not ‘disadvantages’]

block legislation

block a law

slash budgets

урезать бюджеты

lobbies

groups that influence legislation and public policy by advocating for specific interests

on the decline

decreasing; на спадеh [fixed phrase]

prop up

support [phrasal verb]

reap the rewards

пожать плоды [idiom]