if not, how they PROGRESS???Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:Gahmen's pockets la.
siao.....Originally posted by Master -_-:Heard from a shopkeeper...hoon ki will rise another $1.50...
wah lau eh
CCB...Marls will cost $13.40???? SIMI LJ
Whoever dun smoke winsOriginally posted by dragg:price increase as a deterrent.
BS!!!
its a win-win situation for them.Originally posted by sbst275:Whoever dun smoke wins
Rise, ppl will just smuggle in them...
This one called taxes meh??Originally posted by Manager433:Someone ever said he not going to raise the tax but how come prices of hoon ki increase?
Aiyah, on our own, smoking just burn our pockets whatever the price is...Originally posted by dragg:its a win-win situation for them.
catch the smugglers and fine them hundreds of thousands.
excise, not exercise.Originally posted by sbst275:This one called taxes meh??
These are called exercise duties
They've seen the downfall of higher taxes - The sickening smuggling of cig from Indonesia and MalaysiaOriginally posted by Fatum:any junior economics students can tell you that ciggies taxes are "regressive" taxes, that they place more burden on the poor rather than the well-off and the middle class ....... if they want to, they can easily legislate more stringent public smoking rules ... but no ! ... it have to be taxes ... I hardly believe that ivy leaguers economists in goverment service doesn't know that ..... so why then ? ....
Simply why as I went around and check the designated smoking areasOriginally posted by dragg:it was reported that smokers sit outside the hawker centre smoking and drinking.