evidence: Britain became the latest country to abolish the so-called "tampon tax" on Friday, eliminating sales taxes on women's sanitary products. [...] Treasury chief Rishi Sunak had committed to ending the widely unpopular tax on tampons and sanitary pads in his budget in March but the change could only take effect Friday after Britain had finally left the economic orbit of the European Union. [...] Britain's treasury has previously estimated the move will save the average woman nearly £40 (€45) over her lifetime, "It’s been a long road to reach this point, but at last, the sexist tax that saw sanitary products classed as nonessential, luxury items can be consigned to the history books," said Felicia Willow, chief of the Fawcett Society, a women’s rights charity.