Electronic Cigarettes Sales to Minors, Hawaii News
The Hawaii state legislature is debating a bill that would ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and impose the 70% tobacco tax on the devices, according to a...
Davidoff Announced First Revenue Drop in 17 Years
Imperial Tobacco, Europe’s giant cigarette manufacturer, revealed the first fall in profits since it listed on the stock market 17 years ago as a result of challenging circumstances in Europe....
Archive for October 12th, 2012
Columbia Cigarettes Tax Hike, School Smoking Rates Columbia’s school board has come out in favor of a state ballot ordinance that would increase the state’s cigarettes tax and possibly bring...
Smoking control in China, Cigarettes Tax
Attending the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Minister Miao Wei on Sunday explained to the media that tobacco tax consists of turnover, income and consumption taxes, and the...
China May Increase Cigarettes Price to Cut Tobacco Consumption
China is studying the possibility of increasing prices and tax hikes to curb tobacco consumption, a senior official with the country’s tobacco use regulator said. The effects of raising tobacco...
Archive for March 7th, 2012
Tobacco Market, New Cigarette Brands Changes Under the current system, cigarette brands that have been around the local market since 1996 or earlier are slapped with tax rates based on...
The Missouri’s Cigarettes Tax Failed
Members of the Missouri General Assembly are pushing to up the state’s cigarette tax, which is an effort that has been defeated twice in the past decade. Missouri’s 17-cent cigarette...
Untaxed Cigarettes in Western Queens
A Woodside man was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court last Thursday on counterfeiting and other charges after NYPD officers allegedly found 5,000 untaxed cartons of cigarettes and $96,000 in cash...