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[Philippines] Brit-Am Tobacco backs House version of sin tax bill

Philippines - British American Tobacco (BAT) is pushing for the House of Representatives' approved version of the Sin Tax Reform Bill that would yield incremental revenues of P31.35 billion in the first year of implementation. In a position paper, BAT as
Philippine Star (ph)
added Oct 14, 2012 17:51
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[Russia] VIDEO: Tobacco Lord: Romney made millions on selling smokes to 'number-one foe'

it seems that his business history that fostered tobacco addiction there makes trading with the enemy okay.
You Tube
added Oct 15, 2012 11:35
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Missouri smoking tax opponents wary of Prop B

Convenience store owners across the state are using these orange signs to voice opposition to a ballot measure increasing taxes on a pack of cigarettes from 17 to 90 cents. An industry trade group representing the stores doubts the tax money will be spent
Springfield (MO) News-Leader
added Oct 14, 2012 20:08
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[Philippines] Recto liable for alleged ‘secret meeting’ with tobacco firms

Senator Ralph Recto should be liable for violating ethical standards for government officials if reports are true that he had a “secret meeting” with tobacco companies, higher sin tax advocates said. In a statement, Action for Economic Reform coordinator
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (ph)
added Oct 14, 2012 17:45
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[Philippines] Did tobacco plant in Batangas sway Recto?

Antismoking groups on Saturday warned that if Sen. Ralph Recto failed to explain how his “watered down” sin tax bill would help curb rising cancer rates in the country, this could fuel suspicions that the presence of a $300-million Philip Morris plant i
Philippine Daily Inquirer (ph)
added Oct 14, 2012 17:00
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[Virginia] Gift didn't fund cigarette operation, council members say ($$)

Newport News (VA) Daily Press
added Oct 14, 2012 02:32
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[Virginia] No 'gift' in cigarette sting, City Council members say ($$)

Two City Council members say Hampton's city manager has backed off her prior assertion that a "gift" from a private entity provided funding for an undercover police company created to go after cigarette bootleggers.
Newport News (VA) Daily Press
added Oct 14, 2012 02:29
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[North Dakota] Justin Vega, Fargo, column: Anti-smoking measure snuffs out personal freedoms

Is this law really about secondhand smoke, or is it actually about tobacco prohibition? . . . This law would add to the epidemic of job-killing over-regulation. It would diminish the free-market system and move us closer to a control system, similar to th
Grand Forks (ND) Herald
added Oct 14, 2012 02:23
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GEORGE KENNEDY: Proposed tobacco tax increase offers chance to improve Missouri ($$)

Chris Kelly is not given to understatement. So when he says, as he did at Tuesday's campaign forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters, that Proposition B, the tobacco tax increase, "is the most important question on the state ballot" and "the way to
Columbia (MO) Missourian
added Oct 14, 2012 03:35
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[Philippines] Aquino all out for sin tax bill but can't quit smoking

Smoking is the only way to relieve himself of work-related stress, President Benigno Aquino III told reporters at the launch of the “Hardin ng Lunas” project here on Friday. “If I stop smoking, there’ll be nothing to help me decompress,” he said, follow
Philippine Daily Inquirer (ph)
added Oct 12, 2012 15:51
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