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[Jordan] Customs department foils attempt to smuggle 203,000 cigarette packs
Jordan Customs Department (JCD) staff on Monday foiled an attempt to smuggle 203,000 packs of cigarettes found in six containers.
May 21, 2013
Jordan Times (jo)
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May 21, 2013 13:24
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Cheap tobacco lights up controversy in Jordan
Tobacco companies blame smuggling for falling cigarette prices, but health groups say these claims are puffed up. ... cigarettes in Jordan actually became cheaper in early 2013 when tobacco companies cut prices by about 25 percent, putting the government
Apr 19, 2013
Al-Jazeera (qt)
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Apr 19, 2013 13:06
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[Jordan] Ruseifa police seize 2586 smuggled cigarette cartons
Ruseifa police on Saturday seized 2,586 cartons of smuggled cigarettes at a warehouse at the Hiteen Refugee Camp, detaining the smugglers and referring them to court.
Apr 7, 2013
Jordan Times (jo)
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Apr 7, 2013 09:48
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[Jordan] Health ministry opposes cigarette price cut
Health Minister Abdullatif Wreikat said Jordan has gone along way in a crackdown on tobacco use through a set of executive legal procedures to enforce the public health law and his minister will vigorously press ahead in the fight against smoking.
Mar 26, 2013
Jordan News Agency (PETRA) (jo)
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Mar 26, 2013 13:36
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[Jordan] Anti-tobacco pictorials fail to sway smokers
The new anti-smoking pictorials that tobacco manufacturing firms recently placed on cigarette packs do not motivate smokers to kick the habit, according to smokers interviewed by The Jordan Times on Sunday.
Feb 25, 2013
Jordan Times (jo)
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Feb 25, 2013 21:52
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[Jordan] Attempt to smuggle over 1000 cigarette cartons foiled
Jordan Customs Department (JCD) personnel in Aqaba on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle over 1,000 cigarette cartons into the Kingdom, according to an official source. A JCD agent became suspicious of the container after her computer flagged the ship
Feb 3, 2013
Jordan Times (jo)
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Feb 3, 2013 13:02
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Interest in Jordan's parliamentary elections goes up in smoke
the vote has been overshadowed by the government's recent fuel price hikes and decision to lower cigarette prices. Many Jordanians see the latter as either the government caving to business interests – a price floor made it difficult for manufacturers to
Jan 10, 2013
Christian Science Monitor
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Jan 10, 2013 10:19
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[Jordan] Health ministry seeks reversal of tobacco price cut
The Ministry of Health has called on the government to reconsider its approval of a reduction in prices of Jordanian-manufactured tobacco products. Health Minister Abdul Latif Wreikat on Monday sent a letter to Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour urging him t
Jan 9, 2013
Jordan Times (jo)
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Jan 9, 2013 15:35
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[Jordan] Health Ministry warns against plans to lower cigarette prices
A proposal by local tobacco companies to reduce cigarette prices by 15 per cent will affect the health ministry’s efforts to reduce smoking in the Kingdom, a ministry official said on Monday. “We will write to the finance minister to reject this proposa
Dec 4, 2012
Jordan Times (jo)
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Dec 4, 2012 01:38
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[Jordan] ‘Local tobacco companies to reduce cigarette prices by 15%’
Local tobacco companies have informed the Income and Sales Tax Department that they plan to reduce the prices of cigarettes by around 15 per cent in a bid to compete with smuggled cigarettes, a government source said Sunday.
Dec 3, 2012
Jordan Times (jo)
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Dec 4, 2012 01:31