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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 
1 W2 w$ m2 R9 J% g# 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。+ G( K$ Q; G- n. |+ r' n; ]
加拿大癌症防治研究院的A ...
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# Q4 B: h0 {- P- N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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7 C8 j' E' f' x& `8 QAlberta tobacco sales on the decline
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12/21/2008
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; z9 S4 E+ e h+ y7 W7 ]" s0 ]The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.
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1 f1 A' t) H+ e0 g. ?- XFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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Angeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."0 p3 X0 e6 w+ P2 c1 u
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Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.
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That's when smokers will no longer be able to purchase their fix at post-secondary institutions along with businesses containing a pharmacy, and that includes supermarkets.
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% j0 h8 u, l' iBut the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is still calling for a two-dollar per pack tax increase to make smoking even less affordable.% G; w2 e5 G) G$ c% p: X$ T
# p" G$ H2 E/ T' vIt 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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