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Dealers create artificial shortage of cigarette 

In the wake of expected approval for the rise in the taxes by the National Assembly on tobacco products as proposed in the budget 2008-09, dealers had already started fleecing the consumers by creating artificial shortage and raising the prices of different brands of cigarettes.

In a survey conducted by The Post it was observed that there was a rise of about 30 to 35 percent in the prices of most popular brands like Gold Leaf, Capstain and Gold Flake.

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