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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 : Z! [ O2 H7 q
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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Q2 ^; ?& i( a& t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:5 y: T: d1 O8 @- h2 e2 W
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/ ], ?% a9 g4 EThe Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.
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( q7 O5 V% y4 dFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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Angeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect.": S! f7 m( X# ^" G) J; r" N
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Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.8 t6 v, ]; _1 b0 }
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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.
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But the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is still calling for a two-dollar per pack tax increase to make smoking even less affordable.1 K& K0 e# p9 t9 k% Z5 q
2 j) G/ I4 E- J, X# O( q2 S8 v3 u2 {It 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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