Higher cigarette tax will help 3.2M Filipinos quit smoking – DOF

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:02:20 +0000

Higher cigarette tax will help 3.2M Filipinos quit smoking – DOF

Further jacking up the excise tax on cigarettes to P60 a pack, as proposed under a pending bill sponsored by Sen. Manny Pacquiao, will help 3.2 million Filipinos quit smoking, cutting cigarette consumption nationwide by 17 percent, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.

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