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[Hong Kong] Activists push for 100pc tax on tobacco
The Council on Smoking and Health said the current tax accounts for between 65 and 68 percent of the retail price, which is below the 70 percent recommended by the World Health Organization. Based on past experiences when tax was raised in the territory
Nov 20, 2013
Hong Kong Standard (hk)
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Nov 19, 2013 17:39
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[Asia, Hong Kong] EDITORIAL: China must tackle effects of smog
The prevalence of smoking in China tends to fudge the contribution of air pollution to the growing incidence of respiratory disease. A couple of examples that emerged this month are timely reminders of the cost of China's rapid development. In one, an eig
Nov 17, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Nov 17, 2013 13:15
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] EDITORIAL: Time to crusade for a smoke-free city
In the long run, Hong Kong stands a chance of being declared smoke-free - when the smoking population drops to just 5 per cent. While we are not far off, this can only be achieved with a more targeted approach. There are still 645,000 smokers. More than
Nov 12, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Nov 11, 2013 19:31
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] LETTER: Steep tobacco tax hike puts young people off starting to smoke
By failing to match international city taxation levels this pathetic Govt leaves tobacco affordable to inquisitive youth, ignores FCTC Treaty requirements & sentences the young nicotine addicts to a slow lingering death. Plain packs?
Oct 29, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Oct 29, 2013 15:08
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[Hong Kong] $3b in tax revenue `lost to cigarette smuggling'
More than HK$3 billion in tax revenue has been lost to illicit cigarette smuggling, a group of tobacco companies claims.
Oct 3, 2013
Hong Kong Standard (hk)
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Oct 3, 2013 13:03
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[Asia, China] 1 in 3 cigarettes smoked in Hong Kong are illegal, controversial study finds
About a third of all cigarettes smoked in Hong Kong are illegal and the city is losing out on billions in tax revenue as a result. Those are the findings of a tobacco industry-funded report on the consumption of illegal tobacco in 11 Asian countries last
Oct 3, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Oct 3, 2013 04:25
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The tobacco endgame in Hong Kong: public support for a total ban on tobacco sales
A total ban on tobacco sales was supported by most respondents. Ex-smokers and current smokers also voiced substantial support, although less than never smokers. A total ban on tobacco sales before 2022 should be the goal as it is supported by most of th
Sep 17, 2013
Tobacco Control
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Sep 18, 2013 03:26
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] 'Chinese Dream' luxury cigarettes not for sale, tobacco company says
The "Chinese Dream", President Xi Jinping's slogan, is harmful to your health, at least, if inhaled. ... The cigarettes, designed as a variety of the priced Huanghelou brand, "are a creative product independently designed by staffers, and not an offici
Jul 31, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Aug 1, 2013 09:23
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] Smokers top list of those with new lungs
Half the patients in Hong Kong who have had a lung transplant to save their lives could have avoided the operation if they had not been a smoker, a doctor said yesterday. The head of the city's lung-transplant programme, Dr Wong Chi-fong, said he was di
Jul 30, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Jul 30, 2013 04:57
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[Asia] Hong Kong's smokers still lighting up in bars
You would have thought that having a smoking ban in Hong Kong would mean that World No Tobacco Day would be a big success. But yesterday, people were still happily puffing away in bars. In 2007, the city implemented a smoking ban that applied to all ind
Jun 1, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Jun 1, 2013 12:26