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2008/5/26

Vietnam opens non-smoking week

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@ 12:48 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:PIlh8uqYF2ahhM:http://www.buycigarette.info/online.gif Vietnam launches the inaugural National Non-Smoking Week today in an effort to raise awareness of the consequences of smoking and protect young people from such dangers.
  During National Non-Smoking Week, all forms of advertisement, trade promotion and sponsorship by tobacco companies will be prohibited.
  In addition, Davidoff cigarettes retail prices and import taxes will see a hike and aban on selling cigarettes to people under 18 years of age will also go into effect.
  The week will end on Saturday.
  The Ministry of Health as well as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will work with the Health  Organization to implement the week to mark World Non-Smoking Day, May 31.
  The survey also showed that 56 percent of men and close to 1.8 percent of women in Vietnam smoke regular cigarettes , 31 percent of whom are young people.
  The number of tobacco-related deaths in Vietnam hits 40,000 on average annually.

2008/5/20

Czech Philip Morris sees no reason for further tax rises on cigarettes

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@ 02:01 AM (4 months, 19 days ago)
PRAGUE  - Czech tobacco group Philip Morris CR sees no reason for further tax hikes on cigarettes in the next several years after the last rise at the start of the year, weekly Euro reported, citing the group's new CEO.
    'After a rise in the consumer in January 2008, the Czech Republic fulfilled and passed the minimum tax, and therefore we do not see a reason for raising the rate for several years,' Euro quoted Alvise Giustiniani as saying in an interview.
    The tobacco group's Czech has eroded in recent years amid fiercer competition and tax hikes on cigarettes, and analysts expect the company to face challenges in 2008 due to strong stockpiling from competitors.