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[Philippines] For higher tobacco taxes

Members of a group of former smokers and cancer survivors massed before the Commission on Human Rights on Friday to urge the passage of the Sin Tax bill on tobacco products.
Manila Standard Today (ph)
added Oct 14, 2012 16:10
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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] Why sin tax bill matters in meeting dev't goals

If the Philippines want to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, then government must help reduce tobacco use. This was the position of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) along with civic groups like HealthJustice and the Framework Conv
Rappler (ph)
added Oct 14, 2012 02:40
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Bus tour wraps up for Missouri tobacco tax measure

Backers of a proposal to increase Missouri's lowest-in-the nation cigarette taxes wrapped up a statewide bus tour Friday at the state Capitol.
AP - Associated Press
added Oct 13, 2012 16:27
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Russia wrestles with a deadly crisis

Cigarette makers are fighting a last-ditch battle against a smoking crackdown in Russia, with three weeks left to change the government's mind.
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
added Oct 13, 2012 14:26
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[New York] PATRICK BASHAM & JOHN LUIK: The great cigarette-tax lie

New York’s highest-in-the-nation cigarette taxes are failing to drive down smoking rates; instead, they’re just putting a heavy extra burden on poor New Yorkers. A new study funded by the state’s Department of Health confirms these ugly facts.
New York Post
added Oct 12, 2012 16:14
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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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[Missouri] Proposed cigarette tax ignites debate

Missourians have historically declined to raise cigarette taxes and if they still think like State Rep. Barney Fisher, Sen. David Pearce and Rep.-elect Randy Pike, Proposition B, a statewide ballot initiative to bump that levy by a gargantuan 73 cents a
Nevada (MO) Herald & Mail
added Oct 12, 2012 10:40
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[Missouri] WHAT YOU SAID: Will higher cigarette costs affect smoking rates?

Sixteen people responded to our questionnaire. Fourteen people gave us permission to publish their responses. Of those 14, nine indicated that yes, higher costs would help prevent smoking, and five said no, they wouldn't.
Columbia (MO) Missourian
added Oct 12, 2012 08:04
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Rwanda smoking law to affect businesses

According to the new law, smokers will be among others prohibited from smoking in public areas like such as office buildings, court premises, factories, cinema halls, theatres, hospitals, clinics, restaurants, hotels and bars, among other places.
East African Business Week
added Oct 12, 2012 08:01
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