艾省烟草减税

zhaoyushan

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。
/ M% ~! _& q" `* d0 J% V$ a8 f   加拿大癌症防治研究院的Angeline Webb说，烟草削减法案不允许在所有的公共场所和工作地点吸烟，这一法案的切实执行取得了令人满意的效果。
; E2 V! S* n) S1 R( M   该法案的最后阶段将在1月1号起实施。从此，烟民们将不能在大专院校里、药店里和超市里买烟。

irish

翠花

原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表
3 y' w7 t0 K$ Y4 z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。
1 h- X/ X" u6 y   加拿大癌症防治研究院的A ...

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：

Alberta tobacco sales on the decline
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12/21/2008

The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.
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, W5 @+ T* S4 t) n- E" \2 d8 B; a. DFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.

/ P( s9 r; Z6 V- [Angeline 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.
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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.

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.

It points to a recent Health Canada survey which found 20 per cent of Alberta teens smoke, compared with 15 per cent across Canada.

jianiuda

不吸烟, 所以不关我的事!

亦非台

不吸烟

lulu

俺吸烟？！！！？？

千里马

那以后还能去哪里吸烟啊？公共厕所、旮旯、小胡同也是公共场所啊。