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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 
3 p: t+ r. m3 Z; N& ^0 H) g3 t; l6 F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。* }! b; u1 {" b8 K( G) y
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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:" k! |9 n. c! K" T* A& E
0 E% n5 u) M* s$ HAlberta tobacco sales on the decline
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; p- S( c$ h/ EThe Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.0 x& H" [" ^$ C, |( r- R9 s) r! W' d
& N2 F8 w/ n( @$ `( PFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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Angeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."- x% D1 H9 w$ X" A2 @
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Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.
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That'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.5 p) m3 u+ D, `) e, s
( v; K* S4 P- _3 l" X9 LBut the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is still calling for a two-dollar per pack tax increase to make smoking even less affordable.
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+ S% f- V' g) F4 N$ {7 G yIt 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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