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'As a Smoker, I Like This': New Cigarette Tax Bill Fuels Rs 72 Price Fears, Jokes and Debate Online
28 Dec 2025 12:45 GMT
The government has introduced a bill to raise excise duty on tobacco products, possibly making cigarettes much costlier. While some welcome the move as a step to reduce smoking, others warn of black markets and government overreach.
A new government bill …
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"No Smoking" Association Urges Government to Reverse E-Cigarette Tax Cut and Enforce Anti-Tobacco Laws
22 Dec 2025 19:41 GMT
The "No Smoking" Association has called on the Jordanian government to backtrack on its recent decision to reduce taxes on e-cigarettes. The association warned that such a move would inevitably drive up smoking rates, particularly among youth and …
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Higher cigarette tax in Indiana sends smokers across the river for cheaper packs
17 Dec 2025 03:40 GMT
… of Indiana’s higher cigarette tax is that more smokers … of a carton comes from cigarette taxes. For smokers like Peterson, … debated increase in the state cigarette tax the first since 2007. … Indiana Department of Revenue, cigarette tax collections are up by $ …
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Dip in cigarette tax revenue hurts childcare, solutions prove tough to come by
15 Dec 2025 13:22 GMT
PHOENIX - Arizonans are smoking less, and it’s having a negative effect on early childhood development.
The 80-cent-a-pack tax on cigarettes that Arizonans approved in 2006 initially generated about $165 million a year. That has been used both to help …
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Study shows e-cigarette taxes 50% less effective at curbing youth vaping since 2020
09 Dec 2025 17:12 GMT
… new national study finds e-cigarette taxes have lost more than half … states without a specific e-cigarette tax, applying only its standard sales …
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Indiana's 201% cigarette tax hike will fuel smuggling, not just revenue
25 Nov 2025 14:15 GMT
… an extra $61 million in cigarette taxes on sales for out-of … hike.
Indiana last raised its cigarette tax in July 2007, from 55 … additional, corrosive effect of high cigarette taxes. There are others. Over the …
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Pakistan to set up new checkpoints to curb cigarette tax evasion
21 Nov 2025 23:56 GMT
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Cigarette Taxes Push Smokers to Black Markets, Costing States Billions in Lost Revenue
14 Nov 2025 23:08 GMT
In May of this year, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 150,000 cigarettes from two women disembarking a cruise ship in Los Angeles. The women had 10 pieces of luggage filled with smokes they'd apparently purchased in Mexico for which …
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9th Circ. Sides With Calif. In Tribal Cigarette Tax Fight
08 Nov 2025 00:01 GMT
… dispute it brought to enforce cigarette taxes against a tobacco company owned …
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Illinois requires electronic filing for all cigarette tax returns starting January 2026
07 Nov 2025 09:28 GMT
… -0006 will mandate that all cigarette tax returns and related schedules in … on the changes to the cigarette tax process in Illinois, individuals can … 2026-07, Changes to the Cigarette Tax.