Minimum price for cigarettes
Aug 13, 2007, 09:10
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BUTTERWORTH: The government will set a minimum price for cigarettes soon, in a bid to stop the ongoing price war among tobacco companies. Health Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon said the government decided to step in to stop tobacco companies from selling cigarettes at low prices. He said some companies were selling cigarettes for as low as RM3 a packet, although the minimum tax on cigarettes is RM3.60 per pack. This is frustrating government efforts to discourage people from smoking. "We will soon enforce the minimum price law and make sure that the tobacco companies stick to it," he said. He said the minimum price will be announced soon, after a committee has studied the cigarette market and the price war. He was attending the state-level "Jom Tak Nak Merokok" programme at the Mak Mandin Health Clinic here yesterday. Lee said the government was determined to continue its fight against smoking. He added that claims that tobacco growers would lose their jobs are "exaggerated", and they could always grow other crops.
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