From: South China Morning Post
I am responding to Avia Lee Pui-yee’s letter (“High tax rise will help illicit cigarette trade”, December 18).
Ms Lee is quite correct in saying a large rise in tobacco tax would lead to a rise in illicit cigarettes. In 2009 and 2011 excise tax increases were extreme and caused an influx of illegal cigarettes which took over 40 per cent of the market share in Hong Kong.
