Categories:
· Tax
International:
· USA
USA:
· New York
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Missing Money from Cigarette Tax |
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Source:http://www.wnyc.org/,2008-06-27
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New York loses an estimated $270-million a year in tax revenues in sales of untaxed cigarettes on Indian reservations. And a state senator from Westchester says the way to get some of that revenue is to negotiate with Indian tribes to collect the cigarette taxes and split the revenue with the state.
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Categories:
· Others
International:
· India
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Low-cost filter cigarette brands burn a hole in fag leaders' pockets |
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Source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com,2008-06-23
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Low-cost filter cigarette brands — Clock, Supermatch, Indus and Fursat — are stealing a march over industry leaders like ITC and Godfrey Phillips, which are finding it unviable to sell filter cigarettes due to the high duty incidence.
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Categories:
· Others
International:
· USA
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Peer pressure can help smokers quit |
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Source:http://www.commercialappeal.com/,2008-06-20
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A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person to person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did.
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Categories:
· Others
International:
· USA
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Smoking again? Cabrera hopes his game is hot |
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Source:http://www.commercialappeal.com/,2008-06-16
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If Angel Cabrera is smoking again this week at Torrey Pines Golf Course, it will be his golf game that's red-hot and not the Lucky Strikes and Camels.
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Categories:
· Business
International:
· Europe
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Imperial Tobacco to raise $9.6 billion to fund deal |
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Source:MarketWatch,2008-06-09
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Imperial Tobacco on Tuesday said it's going to issue 4.9 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) of discounted stock to help pay for its 11.3-billion-pound acquisition of Franco-Spanish cigarette maker Altadis, as the world's fourth-largest tobacco firm reported a 44% profit drop for the six months ended in March.
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