GOVERNMENT’s sin tax collection in the first four months of this year has increased by more than P5 billion (up 16.5 percent) compared with January to April 2015. Collections this year amounted to P35.50 billion, against P30.47 billion in the year-earlier period.

A significant trend here is that Filipinos are now smoking less—largely due to the implementation of the Graphic Health Warning Law—and drinking more. The nationwide consumption of fermented liquors increased 14.6 percent to 132 million liters, while consumption of distilled spirits rose by 15.8 percent to 33 million liters.

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