Cigarette prices increased

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The prices of each cigarette category has been increased with effect from today, cigarette companies said.

They said the prices were increased by Rs. 3, Rs. 5, Rs. 10 and Rs. 15.

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Iwazaru Thursday, 01 September 2022 02:18 PM

Thank you, the IMF. The next will be the booze.

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Will reduce long term health costs Thursday, 01 September 2022 02:43 PM

Excellent news. Consumption of cigarette in other country is most frowned upon for the costs later on with lung cancer. So, raising the prices as high as possible with many ugly labeling about risks of cigarette is normal in developed countries. Alcohol consumption can also cause misery if done too much. Cracking down on illicitly produced moonshine has to happen as aggressively as with heroin.

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ANTON Thursday, 01 September 2022 03:05 PM

VERY SOON , TOBACCO COMPANY WILL CLOSE AND TENSE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL BE JOBLESS AND TENSE OF THOSANDS OF FAMILIES WILL BE STRANDED.

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Good move, more revernue Thursday, 01 September 2022 06:02 PM

Cigarette with nicotine is meant to be addictive. Products like this should be upped in price to wean it off from addicts. Of all the tax increases this seems the best for our society. Even people working in the industry should have greater taxed on them unless the product is for export.

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Dumkola Kamu Thursday, 01 September 2022 06:51 PM

To those who rejoice, saying ciggeret consumption will go down. Cheaper ciggerets with no filters and beedie will be high in demand and lung cancer will sky rocket. And btw beedi are not taxed. So gov loses revenue. Part of that tax must go to form an institutue to stop nicotine addiction to save lives of Sri Lankans. But hey, THE CIGARETTE COMPANY has paid all MPs in Parliament. Asikland with lung cancers!

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Gb Thursday, 01 September 2022 10:12 PM

This will be a burden for low income families with a smoker bread winner, as a smoker I know its hard to quit, rasing thr price won't make people stop, they will just have less money for their families, better off focusing taxing thr super rich and not creating tax havens like whats happening near gall face

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Wiji Senadeera Friday, 02 September 2022 01:25 AM

Why government cannot ban cigarettes completely? They are not harmful as it seems.

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sam Friday, 02 September 2022 01:03 PM

Increasing the price may reduce consumption and excise revenue. It wont be many years before the industry will collapse employees loosing jobs and govt loosing revenue

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Atha Katha Somay Friday, 02 September 2022 01:07 PM

But all the Politicians will get their illegally imported Cigarettes for cheap prices. We will keep a close monitor believe me.

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Larry Enas Friday, 02 September 2022 01:35 PM

What everyone and the so-called high brow pseudo intellectuals fail to recognise is that it is the tax from tobacco and alcohol that pays for free health (how ironic) and education in this country. Until EVERYONE pays a portion of their income as DIRECT tax, this situation will not change. So put up or shut up! Incidentally, the reason BAT/CTC has absolute monopoly in this country is this very reason!

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Marijuana instead cultivation instead of tobacco Friday, 02 September 2022 03:57 PM

Marijuana is widely legalised the US and other developed nations. There is a market for quality product. There is even the need to import marijuana for Ayurveda treatment matter here. Marijuana is legalised in advanced country as it is so far seen to have less toxic effects than tobacco. If it is for use here, then it must get Vat and extensive regulation to prevent continued low grade ganga taking up the market.

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Terrence Gunawardene Saturday, 03 September 2022 07:58 AM

We got to know from Minister Kahliya Rambukwela's servant that he had imported Cigarettes from Qatar by Air freight. IGP you must seize the cigarettes from him and arrest him.

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