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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 
6 p; A$ s4 i2 C2 P+ b( B, 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。! n8 }6 `; b8 r
加拿大癌症防治研究院的A ...
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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: N9 P; C @) k; i8 n) E
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Alberta tobacco sales on the decline 2 j6 R4 |/ x; I2 p
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The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.( V {7 R0 s& Q* f
0 p2 S, ]) i- C8 ]7 R# WFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections./ E* _4 k9 |, ]9 T- _5 c2 [
# X3 y/ q8 E- Z# _+ jAngeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect.") W8 Q! c9 k8 u+ c: a
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Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.; S1 @" O( Q8 @" P8 B
3 V1 V/ l- W; z0 ?, s3 N1 WThat's when smokers will no longer be able to purchase their fix at post-secondary institutions along with businesses containing a pharmacy, and that includes supermarkets.- s3 p& t, @, {, s' j$ I2 {% F: \
7 u- W# p y1 q( `, W/ b. E6 }9 OBut the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is still calling for a two-dollar per pack tax increase to make smoking even less affordable.( y) v$ P; ^7 M4 U! m. x. z
1 S4 ?- c9 n" w( j. V0 c/ M* 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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