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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表  9 F2 B8 M( O% ~/ }
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。
; H9 I( K, H4 \ 加拿大癌症防治研究院的A ...
/ \: B2 v; E3 V& ?" W4 Y+ P" v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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Alberta tobacco sales on the decline
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12/21/2008
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r3 K5 N/ Q/ r! b( K1 `; E) iThe Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.
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% q( }1 I' _" I$ CFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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8 T( y& a W8 {& f7 v; UAngeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."
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Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.0 k1 i4 I. w; Z: I) @6 F1 Z
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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.# v( W _: T8 q% c, s/ r
. H8 P6 M; h/ I! U# K9 JBut the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is still calling for a two-dollar per pack tax increase to make smoking even less affordable.2 _/ P. p/ w" ~/ p
1 S s& g! G! X: q/ YIt 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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