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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 
8 h# {) _/ H8 s8 q7 A; ~( Y% q7 _7 ]2 `. }加拿大癌症防治科学院说,阿尔伯达政府正在采取降低烟草税的政策,这说明该省实施的削减烟草使用的举措发挥了积极作用。最近的刚更新的财政数据表明烟草税下降了6%,相当于5000万加币。
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好像不是减税,是由于增税、禁烟等一系列措施而导致的烟草销售额降低。详见Inews 880 原文:
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9 ]6 N7 {& H X5 J6 |Alberta tobacco sales on the decline : O# o2 s0 M$ G# M: I$ X4 _& b
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The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.
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1 H# S/ T: ], l7 dFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.! N9 `2 F5 J! f1 R) {: n
( D3 H- r T( {1 w- Y; j. P/ ?Angeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."; a( U0 P; W0 f
" R; n- ]6 s% |2 _) M+ }1 yMeanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.9 u$ A3 b! r7 i" T
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That's when smokers will no longer be able to purchase their fix at post-secondary institutions along with businesses containing a pharmacy, and that includes supermarkets.2 }3 u4 N, M2 U* _
/ e+ s5 w, x4 z9 SBut the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is still calling for a two-dollar per pack tax increase to make smoking even less affordable., w x& u* G) G- Z. |( H9 w
3 F8 C s: q! vIt points to a recent Health Canada survey which found 20 per cent of Alberta teens smoke, compared with 15 per cent across Canada. |
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