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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 
, D7 x6 b* _' A# A4 L/ B; C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。
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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 * a1 G3 O3 G5 {, Y$ ?& W
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. f" F$ r. e* `3 w, j. `$ SThe Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.
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/ f' b5 ~& P1 P& lFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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Angeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."/ X0 w$ n2 T6 n- V8 g
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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.% x0 \5 q u. G" c* g, J3 P
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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.
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# \, z+ T! @$ p/ @2 lIt 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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