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Laos plans to raise tax on cigarettes  

Jump to full article: Lao News Agency (la), 2008-12-04
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The Lao Government is planning to raise the tax on cigarettes and it is aimed at getting more people to kick the smoking habit and this was said by the Deputy Minister of Public Health, Bounkuang Phichit.

This plan was disclosed at a meeting to discuss the results of a study on the income derived from the levy on cigarettes in Vientiane on 28 November.

According to its findings the government did derive benefits from the taxation on cigarettes, albeit minimal and the main beneficiaries are the owners of cigarette companies.

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