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BV Adopts Cigarette Tax
22 Oct 2025 20:35 GMT
Tax 25-Cent Rate Goes Into Effect Jan. 1
Buena Vista will be imposing a 25-cent-per-pack tax on cigarettes, beginning Jan. 1, bringing the city into line with the rate of neighboring jurisdictions Rockbridge County and Lexington, each of which established …
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'Everyone loses except criminals': store owner slams cigarette tax hikes
19 Oct 2025 18:22 GMT
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Think tank hopes for annual cigarette tax hike
11 Oct 2025 15:29 GMT
The cigarette tax has not been raised since … go up by 10%.
The cigarette tax has not been raised since …
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Cigarette tax should be 77 sen per stick, says think tank
11 Oct 2025 03:36 GMT
… budget estimates announced yesterday, the cigarette tax was raised by 2 sen … government’s move to raise cigarette tax by just two sen per … the country’s coffers.
The cigarette tax has not been raised since …
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CAP renews call for higher cigarette tax, questions government’s commitment to vape ban
09 Oct 2025 10:52 GMT
PETALING JAYA: The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the government to reintroduce and raise the sales tax on cigarettes in Budget 2026, pointing out that tobacco products have been exempted since 2018. CAP education officer N.V. Subbarow …
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‘Tax on vapes will open up the underground market’ – A vaper on the consequences of e-cigarette tax in Budget 2026
07 Oct 2025 06:18 GMT
Next week’s Budget announcement is expected to include a doubling in the price of refill cartridges for vapes, or e-cigarettes, along with a hike in the cost of disposable alternatives.
This fiscal targeting aims to stem the growth of nicotine vapes among …
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Cigarette Tax Hearing Quiet
24 Sep 2025 23:07 GMT
… an ordinance to enact a cigarette tax.
The proposal under consideration is … Council declines to establish a cigarette tax, the budget would have to …
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Sound Tax Policy Can Withstand Creative Destruction
27 Oct 2025 22:07 GMT
… switch away from combustible cigarettes. Cigarette tax collections decline as fewer Americans … the past 15 years, state cigarette tax revenues have declined by roughly …
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Cigarette tax collection shortfalls hit P87b
25 Sep 2025 04:09 GMT
Universal Health Care (UHC) for 103 million Filipinos remains out of reach as shortfalls in cigarette excise tax collections ballooned to P87 billion over the past three years, half of which, or P43.5 billion, should have gone to PhilHealth and the …
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Balancing cigarette tax hikes and enforcement
19 Sep 2025 13:01 GMT
… supply. Without these steps, big cigarette tax hikes alone risk boosting illicit …