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'Tobacco tax' may hit businesses in BahrainBahrain may lose more than BD100 million ($265 million) every year if a controversial move to triple 'tobacco tax' is implemented, said a report. Most hit by the planned increase of 100 per cent to 300 per cent in import d More… |
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New GCC tobacco tax ‘could fuel illicit trade’A 100 per cent increase in duty on tobacco products in the GCC could fuel growth in illicit trade, beyond the control of police and customs authorities, as a consequence of an overnight rise in the cost of cigarettes, says a report. More… |
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GCC plans 200pc hike in tobacco taxGCC health ministers could soon approve increasing tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products by 200 per cent, a top Bahrain health ministry official said. The tax had been proposed by several anti-smoking societies in the region in More… |
