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Jump to full article: NSTP e-Media (my), 2009-10-31
Intro: GEORGE TOWN: The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has proposed that premium brand cigarettes should be priced at RM30 for a pack of 20. The price now is less than RM10.
CAP president S.M. Mohamed Idris also called yesterday for a ban on the sale of "cheap/value brand" cigarettes, which are priced between RM2.20 and RM2.50 per pack of 20.
He lauded the move mooted by Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai that from January, a minimum price of RM6.20 be fixed for a pack of 20 cigarettes.
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