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Increase taxes on cigarettes - minister 

The finance ministry has been asked to increase taxes on cigarettes in the next financial year. Health state minister Dr. Richard Nduhuura said increasing taxes on tobacco was the most effective way to control smoking.

Nduhuura was speaking at the opening of a workshop on smoking at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala recently.

He said high taxes would reduce the number of smokers and deaths that accrue because of smoking. Tobacco is among the leading sources of revenue for the Government. In the 2005/2006 financial year, the Government increased taxes on cigarette from sh19,000 ($10.63) to sh21,000 ($11.75) per mille ( 1,000 cigarettes).

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