Action for Economic Reforms (AER) and health advocates on Friday appealed to the President to veto the provision pertaining to the “low” tobacco tax rate in the newly ratified Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) bill.

In the Train bill, the tobacco tax rate is only P32.50 per pack, or an increment of only P1.30 per pack of cigarettes, in the first half of 2018.

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