Nailing the tobacco coffin
If there ever was doubt about the Government's commitment to cut down smoking, it should be laid to rest now. The 2005 Budget has hammered the last few nails into the tobacco coffin; an increase of about 40 per cent in excise duties. It pushed the price per 1,000 cigarettes from RM58 to RM8...
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| Language: | English |
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2004
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/33681/1/DZUL418.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/33681/ |
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| Summary: | If there ever was doubt about the Government's commitment to cut down smoking, it should be laid to rest
now.
The 2005 Budget has hammered the last few nails into the tobacco coffin; an increase of about 40 per cent in
excise duties.
It pushed the price per 1,000 cigarettes from RM58 to RM81, and price of a pack of 20 sticks by more than
RM1.
IF this is not convincing, a few days later the Prime Minister again reminded Malaysians not to smoke, when
launching the National Fitness Council. |
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