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原帖由 zhaoyushan 于 2008-12-22 18:29 发表 
5 @# x+ N7 W8 x6 C: o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。
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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:
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Alberta tobacco sales on the decline
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- X5 @. o6 K" K2 o% [The Alberta government, already suffering from declining oil revenue, is now facing a dip in tobacco revenue.3 s8 O$ r7 P, u' r- q/ ^3 \8 s6 w8 r
- `; H) U# H/ u. { MFigures from the quarterly fiscal update show a six percent drop sucking away $50 million dollars from initial budget projections.
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Angeline Webb, a Cancer Control Analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, says "it appears that the Tobacco Reduction Act is having the desired effect."
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0 j( {" T& C2 x0 o& B# x$ X7 ~Meanwhile the final phase of the Act goes into effect on January 1st.
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1 j1 x9 A/ B! }' m1 _" iThat'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 c a2 `5 A8 a: f5 T
: |2 K% v2 ?5 [5 L, Z, N0 m8 lBut 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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' Y3 g% ^2 D( M5 E8 Q" n5 yIt 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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