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Friday, 25 May 2012 00:00 |
New Zealand goes smoke-freewww.eedition.edmonton.24hrs.ca
EDMONTON - New Zealand is set to become the first smoke-free country in the world, and will keep raising the sin tax on smokes to make that happen. In its 2012 budget announced Thursday, the country’s finance minister, Bill English, said tobacco excise taxes would increase by 10% a year, over and above inflation, in each of the next four years. The increases will go into effect every Jan. 1.
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