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• Higher duties on cigarettes a blow to tobacco companies 

Jump to full article: The Star (my), 2008-08-30

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THE Government has proposed that excise duty on cigarettes be increased by three sen per stick to 18 sen. With this, the duty for a 20-stick pack is now higher by 60 sen.

The excise increase of three sen per stick also brings the total excise hike to 380% over the last five years.

British American Tobacco (M) Bhd (BAT) managing director Jack Bowles said: "We are disappointed that there is such a high excise increase.

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