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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 
! F* m! ~1 F, V# V' x" }4 W1 y0 C) d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。3 _) g( j, o u) f
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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:3 G3 t7 J3 T- y V$ o6 `: t
: t' e5 h' M# @/ i0 NAlberta tobacco sales on the decline ) u- n- ]2 ~ ~0 T. V; ~
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0 H) j3 f' H7 I- ?The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.
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5 L V; R3 t. ^% bFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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Angeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect.") E' r' v; x+ }8 U' E1 j- e% P' d
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Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.( I; m! t% _$ C$ V; U
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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.9 j* j' q1 A( r+ z6 g1 u# z; c6 [, ]' ?
" y* x/ _4 p' E( }+ {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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It 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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