Russia's Medvedev inks law on tobacco, alcohol excise tax hike
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a bill seeking to hike excise taxes for tobacco and alcohol products in 2012–2014, the Kremlin’s press service said in a statement Tuesday. Under...
View ArticleLake may make a run at cigarette tax hike in an election year
Rep. Dennis Lake, R-Blackfoot, and a coalition headed up by the American Cancer Society (ACS) may team up next year to bring a bill to increase the state’s cigarette tax. If the coalition behind Lake...
View ArticleCigarettes: tax up, prices up, illicit trade up
Surging taxes and prices in Egypt have led to a steep increase in the country’s illicit trade in cigarettes, according to a story by Fatima El-Saadani for Business Today Egypt, relayed by the TMA....
View ArticlePennsylvania Passes Cigarette Tax Increase
After a long period of delay, the Pennsylvania House finally approved a bill which imposes to increase taxes on cigarettes. The new tax of $2 per pack will be used to fund schools. The bill passed with...
View Article$2.29 Cigarette Tax Proposed in Kansas
Smokers in Kansas who use a pack of cigarettes a day soon may have to pay monthly $70 for their habit, because Gov. Sam Brownback proposed to raise cigarette taxes in the state. Recently he came with a...
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