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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 
. @/ _; w7 W# E& M" e1 ~; }. p3 ^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。$ W$ \1 u. }. R) S$ J
加拿大癌症防治研究院的A ...
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3 s' H$ ~3 U0 ^5 L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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( S2 B, ]! j0 DAlberta tobacco sales on the decline
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& k, g1 T" a7 w1 R) s3 `The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.
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4 ^" W) d# V! d% u) A+ l0 qFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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7 T& |9 h n% @2 hAngeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."! s! t) d# V4 o3 c0 n* T- H
T- ]8 [5 J0 U1 ?$ Q9 B& y2 [Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.) I! B- c0 e! o5 U$ p; {+ 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.
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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.9 A$ M- o( d! S: r# ~
1 ]/ S8 H5 r! Y* x- }6 AIt 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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