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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 ; ?- D" d# x# a
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。
! k7 V- k- l7 d5 k" O- v4 ? 加拿大癌症防治研究院的A ...
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( ]( o) ]. P+ d% l" \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 O2 P$ O Y2 h; V' C0 H
2 [! P. L; ] ?Alberta tobacco sales on the decline 3 {9 j- n( J X+ U
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The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue., O/ [& ^" U J' T1 Q1 x' x2 N
4 ~, ~& E2 e( R+ J b/ E, TFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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; r9 F" Y' Z- ^- iAngeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."
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1 t0 H3 g2 d4 C. I1 m2 tMeanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.
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* ^3 {6 U( J4 a5 M6 U S O iThat's when smokers will no longer be able to purchase their fix at post-secondary institutions along with businesses containing a pharmacy, and that includes supermarkets." l; z+ l4 l; b$ ?; G0 h& p$ C
d; x) E w: f0 E7 a9 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.$ U: g6 u, Z3 H- W9 }! Z, n2 Q; d! N
* n* W1 M, a$ aIt 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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