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[New Zealand] Tobacco Tax Doesn't Go Far Enough Says Doctor

End Smoking New Zealand chairman Dr Murray Laugesen said anti-smoking groups like his had been campaigning for a 40 per cent increase next year, followed by 20 per cent increases each year after that.
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
added Oct 17, 2012 01:42
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[New Zealand] Government approves price hike for cigarettes

The cost of cigarettes will rise to more than $20 a pack over the next four years after Parliament passed the Government's Budget Day promise to the tax on tobacco.
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
added Oct 17, 2012 01:39
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[Canada] Video: Why Russia butting out doesn't have tobacco investors in a huff -- yet

David Berman explains why investors should be worried over proposed legislation that would ban tobacco advertising and raise taxes on cigarettes in the world's second largest tobacco market.
Globe and Mail (ca)
added Oct 17, 2012 00:04
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Russia Accuses Tobacco Makers of Hooking Women, Children

Bloomberg News
added Oct 16, 2012 23:24
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[Russia] Medvedev Declares 'War Against Smoking'

In a video address posted on his blog, Medvedev attacked tobacco firms for “endangering the lives of our children” and criticized the Yeltsin government for allowing foreign tobacco corporations to invest . . . U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney m
Moscow Times
added Oct 16, 2012 23:20
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[New Zealand] Cigarettes to cost more than $20 in four years

Parliament's voted unanimously in favour of legislation that will increase tobacco excise tax by 10% every year over four years.
nzoom.com (TVNZ)
added Oct 16, 2012 16:16
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[Canada] Aboriginal smoke sales raise questions

Over 137 million cigarettes were sold tax-free for the personal use of status aboriginal people in Nova Scotia last year. The information, obtained through a freedom of information request by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, means either that each of
Halifax (NS) Chronicle Herald (ca)
added Oct 16, 2012 16:02
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UPDATE 1-Russia launches anti-smoking crackdown

Russia launched a crackdown on smoking on Tuesday with a bill to ban tobacco advertising and raise taxes on cigarettes to help tackle a public health crisis in the world's second largest tobacco market after China.
Reuters
added Oct 16, 2012 15:20
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Russia FinMin sees 10 pct alcohol, tobacco tax hikes from 2016

Russia's Finance Ministry proposes to raise excise duties on alcohol and tobacco at a slower pace after 2015 compared to the planned rate for the next three years, the Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov said on Tuesday.
Reuters
added Oct 16, 2012 10:18
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[Philippines] AGUILAR: ‘Revised tobacco taxes: Bane or Blessing?–Part 2’

Because the answer to the question of whether the sin tax on tobacco products will be a bane or a blessing is an answer that will have far-reaching consequences for millions of Filipinos, smokers and non-smokers alike, and certainly for this asthmatic. I
Philippine Daily Inquirer (ph)
added Oct 16, 2012 02:36
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