Recently, the government noticed that the consumption of cigarettes has increased among working individuals. to counter this increase, the government decides to raise the cost of cigarettes by increasing the excise tax on them. after six months, the government observes that the consumption of cigarettes has decreased to some extent. which type of taxation did the government use? direct tax indirect tax progressive tax proportional tax

Excise tax is a regressive tax. It is also an indirect tax.

Indirect taxes are those paid by individuals through their purchases. In this case, the excise tax imposed on cigarettes are indirect taxes because the price of the cigarette includes its corresponding excise tax, which the seller will pay to the government. In comparison, direct taxes are those that the individual pays directly to the government. An example of this is the income tax.

It's just indirect tax