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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 # G6 o8 R8 k4 G6 Y; i4 I
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。# C$ \ e3 I" ]1 j
加拿大癌症防治研究院的A ...
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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:
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Alberta tobacco sales on the decline
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The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.5 `3 k6 |3 V1 W B
7 h8 M- t2 Y# h6 D* W0 O0 PFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.! @; Z; L9 z& L( C6 {
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Angeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."
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1 ?" I. I. X7 b7 f& }0 o0 U0 q; {Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.
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( _/ \4 P1 W9 V# e; v3 j( `: ~) LThat's when smokers will no longer be able to purchase their fix at post-secondary institutions along with businesses containing a pharmacy, and that includes supermarkets.
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But the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is still calling for a two-dollar per pack tax increase to make smoking even less affordable.7 K+ g) [+ v" n* [0 i, g& Z: V% }# @$ d
* y, t7 x4 n$ s4 ~8 bIt 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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