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* Sri Lanka hikes excise duties on tobacco and liquor

The Excise Duty on cigars, cigarettes, liquor and ethyl alcohol has been revised with effect from 6th October 2012 and the new rates have been published in extraordinary gazette notifications, the Ministry said on its website.
LankaPage.com
added Oct 9, 2012 06:55
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Smokefree Lists, Maps, and Data

View our lists updated October 5, 2012!
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR)
added Oct 9, 2012 03:38
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[Estonia, Russia] Duty-Free Allowances on Border Could Become Weekly Limits

Officials plan to tighten up the rules on duty-free allowances for cigarettes and alcohol on Estonia's border with Russia.
Estonian Public Broadcasting [Eesti Rahvusringhääling] (ee)
added Oct 9, 2012 03:10
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Missouri to vote on raising lowest tobacco taxes in the US

At 17 cents per pack, Missouri’s tax is nearly half as much as the next lowest and well below the $1.49 national average. In Kansas, the tax is 79 cents a pack. All that could change on Nov. 6, however, when voters get another chance to decide whether t
Kansas City (MO) Star
added Oct 9, 2012 02:48
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BAT and Imperial Tobacco Slide on Proposed Russian Tax Boost

British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) and Imperial Tobacco Group Plc (IMT) fell the most in about a month in London trading after a report that health regulators in Russia, the second-largest tobacco market, proposed raising cigarette taxes almost eightfol
Business Week/Bloomberg
added Oct 8, 2012 18:41
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[Philippines] AGUILAR: Revised tobacco taxes: Bane or blessing?

may well mean not only a reduction, but a nose-dive in the sales of these cigarettes. And if that happens, then the government’s objective to raise revenues from the higher excise taxes will ultimately be defeated.
Philippine Daily Inquirer (ph)
added Oct 8, 2012 14:19
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[New York] A new light for roll-your-own fans

Tax loophole restarts cigarette rolling machines, but foes rally their forces to collect levy . . . To use the machine, customers now pay $5 to join a smoking club
Albany (NY) Times-Union
added Oct 8, 2012 14:12
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[Oklahoma] EDITORIAL: As tobacco experience shows, tax increases affect peoples' behavior

The perverse incentives of Obama's tax policy will cause many entrepreneurs to limit their exposure. The end result will be fewer jobs and less opportunity for all. To avoid paying a few bucks extra for cigarettes, smokers will substantially alter their b
The Oklahoman
added Oct 8, 2012 05:11
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[Alaska] Bethel smokers pay less for cigarettes than urban dwellers

Bethel smokers are consistently paying anywhere from a few cents to roughly a dollar less than those in Anchorage. That may soon change. The heads of two heavyweight Bethel-based Native organizations are pushing city leaders to consider a new excise tax
Anchorage (AK) Daily News
added Oct 8, 2012 04:30
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Missouri Association Battles Cigarette Tax Proposal

The Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store (MPCA) Association is on the offense — last week, the group launched a billboard campaign to motivate residents to vote no on Proposition B, which would raise the state’s tobacco tax by 760%, OzarksF
National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS)
added Oct 8, 2012 03:20
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