From: Want China Times
Beijing is hoping to persuade more smokers by increasing the national tobacco tax and will likely follow recommendations set by the World Health Organization, which says the excise tax on tobacco should be at least 70% of the retail price, reports the Chinese-language Beijing News.
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However, Li Baojiang, director of the Tobacco Business Research Institute’s Policy Research Department, said that the policy will encourage more tobacco smuggling and result in more counterfeit cigarette products that will be even more harmful to smokers’ health.
