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                    [Title] => Sin tax forces smokers’ shift to cheaper brands
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Cigarette consumption in the Philippines has shifted to the cheaper brands, an unexpected offshoot of the implementation of the sin tax law.

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                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
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                    [Title] => Uniform specific tax to hike revenues, improve health
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The government can reduce by 26 percent or 3.82 million premature deaths largely caused by smoking if a uniform specific tax of P30 per pack is slapped on cigarettes, a study co-authored by a health and economics professor said.
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                    [Title] => 'Sin' tax collections down
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Collections from sin taxes declined by roughly 20 percent to P25.4 billion in 2011 from the 2010 tax-take, the Action for Economic Reforms (AER) said, citing data from the Department of Finance (DOF).
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                    [Title] => 'Raise cigarette prices by 156 percent'
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Cigarette prices should be increased by 156 percent to effectively discourage people from smoking, a study of the University of the Philippines and anti-tobacco group Health Justice showed.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-09-22 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Tax reform may cut cigarette consumption, improve public health
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Reforming the tobacco tax system may be the key to discouraging  cigarette consumption and reduce the growing incidence of  tobacco-related illness such as lung cancer and heart disease.
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Sin tax forces smokers’ shift to cheaper brands

By Iris Gonzales | October 2, 2013 - 12:00am

Cigarette consumption in the Philippines has shifted to the cheaper brands, an unexpected offshoot of the implementation of...

Business

Uniform specific tax to hike revenues, improve health

By Iris Gonzales | September 5, 2012 - 12:00am

The government can reduce by 26 percent or 3.82 million premature deaths largely caused by smoking if a uniform specific tax of P30 per pack is slapped on cigarettes, a study co-authored by a health and economics...

Business

'Sin' tax collections down

By Iris Gonzales | May 7, 2012 - 12:00am

Collections from sin taxes declined by roughly 20 percent to P25.4 billion in 2011 from the 2010 tax-take, the Action for Economic Reforms (AER) said, citing data from the Department of Finance (DOF).

Business

'Raise cigarette prices by 156 percent'

By Sheila Crisostomo | September 22, 2011 - 12:00am

Cigarette prices should be increased by 156 percent to effectively discourage people from smoking, a study of the University of the Philippines and anti-tobacco group Health Justice showed.

Metro

Tax reform may cut cigarette consumption, improve public health

June 1, 2011 - 12:00am

Reforming the tobacco tax system may be the key to discouraging cigarette consumption and reduce the growing incidence of tobacco-related illness such as lung cancer and heart disease.