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News outlets report on a variety of health issues at the state level including stricter rules for drug abusers in the health industry in California, an examination of the nation's first city-run universal health care plan in...
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama recently told the Diet that an increase in the tobacco tax should be considered from the viewpoint of improving people's health. He has instructed the government's Tax System Council to study the...
A lawmaker from the tobacco-producing province of Ilocos Sur wants the Bureau of Internal Revenue not to subject to a Swiss challenge an unsolicited proposal for its P18 billion tax stamp contract for cigarettes.
Gardai are warning that the high taxes on cigarettes and alcohol -- which look set to increase in the Budget -- are creating a situation like the Prohibition era in America when the illicit alcohol trade fuelled organised crime.
Funding woes cause future worry for tobacco prevention foundation BY JESSICA ALAIMO • CentralOhio.com • November 20, 2009 Confronted with a public smoking ban, higher sin taxes and more anti-smoking efforts, fewer Ohioans are...
New Florida cigarette tax boosts state budget A new tobacco tax is doing just what its proponents envisioned: reducing cigarette sales while fattening state coffers. Cigarettes sales are down 27 percent in Florida during the...
Taxes on tobacco, petrol, spirits and property have all gone up in Guernsey's budget for 2010. Tax on real property (TRP) has risen 10% with a 15% increase on tobacco, petrol and alcoholic spirits. The move to increase indirect...
Kicking the habit Remember the smoke opponents of a $1-a-pack hike in the state's cigarette tax blew this year? They argued it wouldn't raise as much money as supporters claimed, and insisted it wouldn't cause many to kick the...
The Members of the Bulgarian Parliament offered Thursday the latest surprise regarding the alcohol and cigarettes tax increase. The new excise duties were changed and increased on second read during the Budget Committee meeting...
A LEADING doctor is calling for a tax on fizzy drinks as part of his campaign to cut obesity. Dr Kailash Chand, chairman of Tameside and Glossop’s Primary Care Trust, says the ‘staggering’ amounts of sugar in some soft drinks...
