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Are there more sin taxes coming?Governments traditionally impose higher taxes, often known as 'sin' taxes, on products with adverse health effects, such as alcohol and tob...
Budget keeps cigarette taxes untouched for second year in a rowICICIdirect analyst Sanjay Manyal said the stable taxation and excise duties on cigarettes would aid volume growth for cigarette companies ...
Higher tobacco taxes can save 35-45 billion lives in South Asia: StudyIt stated that annual increase in tobacco tax has mostly been below the rate of inflation and income growth, thus cigarettes remain afforda...
Budget 2017: Arun Jaitley makes smoking, paan masala costlierWhile the Budget did not change the basic excise duty for cigarettes, it increased the additional excise duty for filter cigarettes which w...
Smoking dips 10% in 2 years in India but women smokers up sharplySmoking in India is falling steadily even as the number of women smokers is rising, making it home to the second largest number of female s...
ITC says fiscal challenging for cigarette businessThe company said it has focused on building flexibility and agility across the supply chain to ensure delivery of volume and variety.
Budget 2015: Cigarette prices to go up by 10-15%Smoking is going to be costlier yet again with the budget increasing excise duty on cigarettes and cigars for the fourth consecutive year.
Budget 2015: Widen tax base to cover all tobacco products, says TIIHigh taxation should not be restricted only to cigarettes but all forms of tobacco must be included to counter the growing menace of contra...
Impose higher taxes on all illegal tobacco products: TIIExcise duty was increased to 72 per cent on cigarettes of length not exceeding 65 mm and to 11-21 per cent for those of other lengths.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urges states to ban gutka, zarda, khainiVardhan in a letter on Wednesday told the states that India has the highest number of this type of cancer in the world.
Budget 2014: Impact on FMCG and pharma & healthcare sectorsFMCG companies engaged in the manufacture of soap would ensure some savings on their raw material cost bill.
Budget 2014: Cigarette makers urge government to not increase excise dutyWorried by falling stock prices cigarette makers are lobbying hard to prevent the government from hiking excise duty for the third straight...
As smoking gets dearer, ITC bets on nicotine gumThe big daddy of cigarette business, ITC, is now gearing up to woo smokers with an antidote -- Kwiknic nicotine chewing gums -- to their “i...
- West Bengal government increases tax on cigarette; may further increase prices
The companies are likely to take the final call on exact price hike by April, as other state governments present their Budget.
Budget 2012: Government should tax all forms of tobaccoGovernment’s current administration of tobacco taxes neither serves the purpose of revenue generation, nor serves the public good and deter...
- Pictorial warnings in packs of tobacco products from Sunday
All tobacco products will have to carry compulsory pictorial warnings on their packs highlighting health hazards of its consumption, a long...
- Burnout: Tax rides ciggy-back, & it sure hurts
The cigarette story has remained much the same over the last year. Consumption of cigarettes continues to be the lowest among different tob...